Meanwhile, in smoke-free Burbank...
A dispatch from Eric Michael Cap, one of the activists who pushed the secondhand smoke control ordinance through the Burbank City Council back in March...
Here in Burbank we finally have “No Smoking” signs Downtown and the City is about to hire a “SHSCO Ambassador” to go business-to-business to educate folks such as Albertson’s, who don’t seem to know about it.My family has had several positive smoke-free dining experiences at Market City Café & Pomodoro’s. Last night we were at The Fab Four Beatles show at the Starlight Bowl and before the show began they announced “there is no smoking” and there was a loud cheer from the audience.
No problems either in the amphitheatre or on the walk out to the parking lot. I feel like we’re making real progress on this and people are starting to “get it”. More and more cities are considering following in our footsteps and that’s encouraging. To quote my colleague Robert Phipps; “Smokers are a dying breed”. Cheers!