Anti-tobacco advocates are using a new Quebec study to make the case for a smoking ban on outdoor patios.
With smoking banned in bars, restaurants and public building, patios are seen by many as one of the last havens for smokers to enjoy their habit outside their home.
“It’s one of those necessary evils,” said Adi Menon, who was enjoying a cigar on the patio at Oliver & Bonacinis on Front St. Saturday.
But a new study suggests that even on an outdoor patio, second-hand cigarette smoke can produce air quality comparable to a smoggy day in Los Angeles or even a forest fire.
annnywayyy...and the wheels on the exhaust-belching bus (and the taxis and the trucks and the cars and...) go round and round
Second-hand smoke a risk even on patios, says study | Toronto Star
a forest fire
With smoking banned in bars, restaurants and public building, patios are seen by many as one of the last havens for smokers to enjoy their habit outside their home.
“It’s one of those necessary evils,” said Adi Menon, who was enjoying a cigar on the patio at Oliver & Bonacinis on Front St. Saturday.
But a new study suggests that even on an outdoor patio, second-hand cigarette smoke can produce air quality comparable to a smoggy day in Los Angeles or even a forest fire.
annnywayyy...and the wheels on the exhaust-belching bus (and the taxis and the trucks and the cars and...) go round and round
Second-hand smoke a risk even on patios, says study | Toronto Star
a forest fire