The ban "makes it more pleasant for a lot of people using the library," Mayor Kitty Piercy said, "and certainly healthier." Piercy said she would eventually like to take the ban a step further and outlaw smoking in public parks.
It could soon be butts out for smokers in Coos Bay city parks, as a new effort is underway by a group of concerned community members, including doctors, nurses and public health workers, to ban smokers from lighting up.
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