Come the new year, the resort town of Coronado, Calif. will prohibit smoking at parks, parking lots and even city streets and sidewalks. As of Jan. 1, violators can also be fined $25 for smoking within 25 feet of a business, including restaurants and bars.

Coronado is located west of San Diego on the Silver Strand Isthmus and has a population of 25,000.

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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.