Berkeley City Council To Consider Adopting Nation’s Strictest Limits on Tobacco Sales
On May 12, the Berkeley City Council will vote on a proposed ordinance that would prohibit the sale of tobacco products within 1,000 feet of any school or public park in Berkeley and would require sellers of electronic cigarettes to obtain a tobacco retailer's license. The measure is modeled after a Chicago law that created 500-foot buffer zones, but the Berkeley proposal is more comprehensive and applies to additional products.
- "Berkeley Weighs Unprecedented Limits on Tobacco Sales" (Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 4/17).