Photo via City Room New York City’s mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has just acted to extend the ban on smoking in restaurants and bars to two other highly trafficked destinations: parks and beaches. He cites the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke as a primary reason for the extension, but there are certainly plenty of environmentally motivated justifications as well — the impact of cigarette butt waste on habitats, especially marine… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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New York City to Ban Smoking in Parks & Beaches
