https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/san-francisco-bans-smoking-tobacco-in-apartments-but-not-marijuana/ar-BB1bzt8dSan Francisco bans smoking tobacco in apartments, but not marijuana
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New York Daily News logoSan Francisco bans smoking tobacco in apartments, but not marijuana
To be blunt, it was a loss for tobacco.
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An ordinance passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday bans city residents from smoking tobacco inside their apartments but allows them to smoke pot at home, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The legislation, which passed by a 10-1 vote, impacts buildings with more than two units and makes San Francisco the largest U.S. city to snuff out cigarette smoke in apartments, according to the Chronicle.
“Secondhand smoke causes harm,” Norman Yee, the president of the board of supervisors, said in a Tuesday night tweet, adding that “everyone should have clean air to breathe where they live.”
The ordinance reportedly banned the smoking of marijuana in an earlier iteration but was changed amid concerns that the legislation would rob pot smokers of the only place they can legally light up.
Cigarettes kill more than 480,000 annually in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
