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S.F. considers tightening smoking restrictions
 A proposal to greatly expand San Francisco's smoking ban won high praise
Monday from health professionals concerned about the dangers of
secondhand smoke, but got a cool response from local bar and nightclub
owners who fear the restrictions would drive away customers.
The legislation would prohibit people from lighting up in front of
shops, restaurants and office buildings or puffing away at a sidewalk
cafe or in designated smoking patios. Movie theater lines, sporting
events, farmers' markets and common areas of apartment complexes would
be off limits, too.San Francisco's original smoking limits went into
effect more than a decade ago and at the time were some of the toughest
anti-smoking laws in the United States.
But since then, the city has fallen behind in tackling the effects of
secondhand smoke, which can cause asthma, heart ailments and other
problems, health officials warn.
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