Jessica Naziri
CNN
February 3, 2011
The city that never sleeps is moving closer to becoming the city that never smokes, or at least the city that highly restricts it.
Nine years after the Big Apple banned smoking in its restaurants, the New York City Council on Wednesday voted to ban smoking in city parks and on city beaches, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a written statement.
The council voted 36 to 12 in favor of the ban, much to the chagrin of those who think the government is overstepping its role into its residents’ lives.
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