No smoking in your own home, California city orders residents
Carlsbad, California, will ban smoking and vaping in multi-family residences starting January, aiming to improve public health. Enforcement relies on landlords and tenants, facing criticism for potential government overreach.
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A California city, Carlsbad, has enacted a ban on smoking inside homes, including apartments and condos, starting January. The ordinance prohibits smoking and vaping of both cannabis and nicotine products indoors, as well as on balconies, porches, and decks. This decision is aimed at improving public health, with supporters arguing that it will enhance living conditions in multi-family residences. However, the law does not extend to single-family homes or hotels. Enforcement will primarily rely on landlords and tenants, as local police will not actively enforce the ban due to limited resources. The move has sparked controversy, with some residents labeling it as government overreach and an infringement on personal freedoms. Critics argue that it is inappropriate for the government to dictate behavior within private residences. Despite the opposition, proponents, including council member Melanie Burkholder, emphasize the need to prioritize public health over individual smoking preferences. Carlsbad joins at least 84 other municipalities in California that have implemented similar restrictions in shared living spaces.
- Carlsbad, California, will ban smoking in multi-family residences starting January.
- The ban includes smoking and vaping of cannabis and nicotine indoors and on balconies.
- Enforcement will be the responsibility of landlords and tenants, not local police.
- The ordinance has faced criticism for being government overreach.
- Supporters argue the ban will improve public health and living conditions.
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6 commentsThis law already exists in many cities and should exist everywhere. It's one thing to smoke in your own detached house, but when you share walls with others, smoking becomes harmful to others' health, too, not just your own.
My downstairs neighbor smokes heavily and burns incense all day and night, and it's bad enough that I'm seriously considering moving. Sometimes I can see smoke visibly rising from the floor. This would not be a problem if the city I lived in had common-sense laws against smoking inside multi-unit buildings.
Really made me think of how different it is today and how out of place smoking around children is.
Isn't second-hand (passive smoking) shown to not increase cancer[0]? Really trying to understand this "we don't like something so we will ban it for everyone!" thing.
Isn't your home supposed to be sacred? Sovereign? Aren't the YIMBY people always telling me that apartments are just as good as Single Family Homes and only people who hate the planet want to live in SFH?
[0]: No Clear Link Between Passive Smoking and Lung Cancer https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/105/24/1844/2517805
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