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MY AWCAtvORw'A 0 i • Tough Measure On Smoking Iri Berkeley . ftr. ia~- ,+im, a~&Cwr"Pff*,4w Berkeley Is set to join a{rowa i+u number of East Bay cities that have taken ton{Y stands against emekfag with e proposed ordinance ypearln; before tYe City Council tenf`6t that bna lighting ap la rirtuatly e.er7 aitybuNnen. The ordlnaa~cg em:p1Yecrted to other to be ~ ~L 1y in several otac F' smoking ia, Including one 1n Oakland that. Thursday. ~e.~ctt./e~d~"w7u~led to go lnto effect . lY~u. - 0 lt the meaeurlVarw, smoking would be banneed in all.mkplacea and restaurants In the city except for ban and bingo pados. Vlola• tore would face finea of aa much u i10p. 'Th4 8 a health lrua, not a ri®hts fsub." said Karen Young, the city'a tobacco education cooo- dinator. "Numerous audiee have found that tobacco smoke Y a ma• )or contributor to Indoor air paDu• tlon and that breathing aetwnd• band smoke Y a cause of dYeue." Sndners Wat would be hurt by tbe ban could apply for an ex• emptton. Otherwise, the only smoking allowaQ fndpur public bufld• w~ID have to take place in epecW designed areea with ventilation systems separate from the rst of the buUdln`. The ordinance .trengtheoa an e>iating city law that bana amok, ft In public places and requWe restaurants to set aside 60 percent of their "for nonsmokers. everyone L happy w/W the propaaL More than 80 city em, ptoYea signed a Detl~aatlnu uhe baaw re4ueatlnl d ttat the city construct a eQeclal tncot for those who want to anoRe. '9Ye aee comcyentioue smokers and donYwant to infrln`e on aW one's rlqtt to breath clean ah'," Wd Dana Cotemaor-henalf a amoka adtt pr4lident of the Backetey clerlGl Morkea' labor nAWn, local 400. 'Hw City Council wlit tla oon. }1fir tonidht a eontrownW mw. sure to!f~e 6~eler to waah cae ~fddo.wa ti ' e1tyY _ naraas lets for ep.n eh~ .