September 8, 2014 Charlie Minato Regulations,  Smoking Bans

Chicago Considering Park Smoking Ban

Chicago is the latest city to consider banning smoking in parks. The Parks District Board will consider a proposal that would outlaw smoking in nearly 600 parks and 10 harbors. According to Redeye Chicago, the current proposal would carry a fine of $500 for any violators.

If approved, it would mean smoking would be outlawed in the public parks of the five largest American cities. In 2011, Los Angeles and New York City both passed park smoking bans. Earlier this year, Houston and Philadelphia, the fourth and fifth most populous cities in America, passed park smoking bans.

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.

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