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Smoking in L.A. County just got even less legal
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Smoking in L.A. County just got even less legal
Smokers, beware.. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted today to expand the smoking ban that passed last October.
Smoking will be banned within 25 feet of restaurants and bars in unincorporated areas of the county. That includes e-cigarettes and cannabis.
About one million people -- 10 percent of the County’s population -- live in unincorporated Los Angeles. Even f you don’t, you probably live, work or play pretty close to unincorporated areas.
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