Boston expected to ban smoking in parks!

The City Council last week approved a ban on smoking cigarettes, marijuana and other ‘‘lighted or vaporized’’ substances at all 251 of the parks, cemeteries and other spaces run by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department.


Some citizens claim the wind blows the smoke away, It should not bother anyone. City officials, however, said the ordinance, which passed unanimously last week and is expected to be signed soon by Mayor Thomas M. Menino, would reduce the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, curb litter, and help pressure smokers to kick the habit.

In fact, Similar ordinances are in place in New York, San Francisco, and nearly 900 other municipalities around the country, including 20 in Massachusetts, according to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation, a California group that tracks the legislation.

I personally think this regulation benefit the whole citizens. As a non-smoker, I want to always stay in the space without smoke. Moreover, when people go to park, what they want is the clear air. What do you think?