Editor:
The City Council is trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear with its tortuous approach to stub out smoking in apartments ("No smoking for new tenants; landlords to conduct surveys," Oct. 4). It's really simple: enact a complete ban on smoking in apartments and let landlords evict those who continue to smoke.
Margaret Coyne
Santa Monica
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 5, 2012. Read the original PDF.