Jump to full article: CBC News (ca), 2010-01-22
Intro: A Quebec anti-tobacco group wants a ban on smoking outside bars and restaurants.
The Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health says second-hand smoke is a danger outdoors as well as indoors. (CBC)The Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health is asking the government to extend the indoor smoking ban, in effect since 2006, to outdoor patios.
Second-hand smoke is just as dangerous in close quarters on terraces, when people are sitting just a metre apart, as it is inside, council president Mario Bujold said Wednesday.
"Different research shows that outside tobacco smoke could have a level as high as indoor second-hand smoke concentrations," he said.
Bujold would like the government to change the law next fall, at the same time it's scheduled to review its tobacco policy. He said the smoking ban should also be extended to bus shelters, where people are close together.
The idea is even going over well with some smokers, including Montrealer Josh Bouzaglou.
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