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# Santa Monica Committee Recommends Smoking Ban in All 15 City Parks
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/062402-story/
- Published: 2002-06-24T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:22:00.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Last week Santa Monica’s Recreation and Parks Committee recommended the city council ban smoking in all 15 of its public parks. Beverly Hills declared its parks smoke-free zones two years ago and Los Angeles is currently moving forward with plans to do the same. Meanwhile, recent scientific studies suggest secondhand smoke contains far more carcinogens than previously believed.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 24, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/062402.pdf?ref=smdp.com)