Baltimore Goes Smoke Free!

We will on January 1, 2008. A smoking ban was approved last night by the Baltimore City Council. The ban received some great last minute support by Mayor Sheila Dixon who called a few city council members before the vote pushing for the ban. Mayor Dixon said she will sign the smoking ban when it reaches her desk.

This ban brings almost half of Marlanders under some smoking policy so attention is now turning to the General Assembly in Annapolis to pass a state ban.

This will ban smoking in almost all public places, which includes bars, restaurants and cabs. Exemptions can be made through the Health Department but city officials have several months to set the criteria.