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# Recreation Committee Recommends Smoking Ban in All 15 Santa Monica Parks
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/062602-story/
- Published: 2002-06-26T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:22:43.000Z
- 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.

This week’s Q-Line question is, “Can you think of any reason Santa Monica should not completely ban smoking in its parks?”

Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less; it might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 26, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/062602.pdf?ref=smdp.com)