Q&A On The Smoking Ban

City Council’s passing of the Smoking Ban (With Exceptions!) kind of took lots of people by surprise, since (a) City Council hadn’t been able to pass it on three previous tries and (b) it hadn’t been publically talked about before Thursday’s final session before summer break.

To help you sort out the smoking ban, here’s a helpful question and answer on the smoking ban, from your friends at Philadelphia Will Do. (Just kidding. It won’t be helpful.)

Q: So no smoking in public anymore?
A: Uh, yeah. According to the law, which still has to be signed by Mayor Street, smoking is banned all stores, offices, restaurants, bars, apartment lobbies and hallways, theaters, stadiums, any workplace and within 20 feet of any entrance to a building where smoking is banned. Yes, City Council has actually stopped you from smoking in your disgusting apartment hallway.

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