AMs yesterday discussed the Welsh Assembly Government's new tobacco control action plan.
Proposals include a ban on smoking in playgrounds and hospital grounds, outlawing smoking on sports and school grounds, and a possible ban on smoking in cars carrying children.
On Monday, meanwhile, Vancouver City Council voted unanimously to ban not just smoking in city parks but all tobacco products including chewing tobacco and e-cigarettes.
“I’m excited and nervous right now, because I’ve wanted something like this for practically all my life,” Councilor Jeanne Harris said before casting her vote to ban tobacco.
“(Smoking) makes me gag just thinking about it. It is just something I can’t see us saying its OK to do. It’s not about rights or discrimination. It’s about health.”
See: Smoking ban for Welsh playgrounds and hospital grounds debated and Vancouver bans all tobacco products in city parks