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Two D.C. Council bills debated last week
Jump to full article: GW Hatchet (George Washington University), 2009-10-08
Author: Ariel Feldman and Gabrielle Bluestone Hatchet Reporters
Intro: Students looking for a smoke break outside may soon have to take their cigarettes elsewhere if a recent D.C. Council proposal to ban smoking cigarettes on sidewalks outside of storefronts passes. Another proposal to ban single-sale cigars, commonly used for smoking marijuana, is also pending.
The proposals would require stores to post warning signs about smoking, and allow property owners to post no smoking signs for up to 25 feet away.
The smoking ban, proposed by D.C. Councilmember Phil Mendelson and Councilmember Yvette Alexander, and the single-sale cigar ban, sponsored by Alexander, were debated last week before the Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary. A part of the legislation, the "Blunt Wrap Prohibition," would make it unlawful for "blunt wraps," rolling materials intended to encase substances like marijuana, to be sold, and demands they be classified as drug paraphanelia.
Freshman Steven Landis expressed support for the bill, saying smoking was unhealthy and unwelcome on campus. "I think the ban should happen," Landis said.
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