Title of Policy Initiative

The City of San Diego is the largest city in San Diego County without a comprehensive smokefree outdoor dining policy, leaving residents and employees exposed to second- and thirdhand smoke. A new report from the Policy Research Center for Tobacco and the Environment documents that residents and restaurant professionals surveyed support a comprehensive smokefree policy for the city, and levels of toxic tobacco smoke residue at San Diego restaurants with outdoor smoking sections were more likely to be at levels of concern*. The report also contains a review of best practices for smokefree outdoor dining policies, based on a review of ordinances in San Diego County.