San Mateo County bans smoking inside apartments, condos and townhomes [View all]

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Smoking either tobacco or electronic cigarettes will be prohibited inside apartments, condominiums and townhomes in unincorporated areas of San Mateo County under a ban approved 4-1 Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors.

Supervisors Carole Groom and Adrienne Tissier pushed the ordinance, which outlaws smoking inside and around multiple-unit buildings with one or more shared ceilings, floors, walls or ventilation systems. The ordinance also applies to any such buildings owned or leased by the county, regardless of where they are located.

Second-hand smoke that wafts between rooms poses a danger to other occupants in the same building, according to county health officials.

"We have a responsibility as a county to protect the health of our residents," Tissier said.

full: http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_26774441/san-mateo-county-bans-smoking-inside-apartments-condos

Good on San Mateo County for protecting residents' right not to breathe others' filth.