Earlier this month, the City of Houston expanded its no smoking policy to all public pedestrian plazas. It’s just the latest in many ongoing policies nationwide to discourage smoking in general, and specifically reduce second-hand smoke in public. Some smokers feel unreasonably persecuted. Some non-smokers feel current policies don’t go far enough.
We consider what it’s like to be a smoker in Houston in 2014. Is it harder and harder to find places where you can smoke in public? Are the restrictions you come across reasonable or do they go too far? And how far do non-smokers’ rights to breathe clean air extend?
We welcome your thoughts and also consider how the rise of e-cigarettes might impact perceptions about smokers and smoking in Greater Houston.
