Because of the stop smoking legislations, smokers harder and harder can find a place to light up a cigarette. However this is great news only for the growing crowd of nonsmokers and anyone who are exposed to second-hand smoke.

It’s even better news for Duluth bus riders after the City Council last week banned smoking within 15 feet of transit shelters. The new anti-tobacco action in Duluth came at the urging of children from the East Hillside Patch program who wasted part of their summer interviewing 211 bus riders. At the end of their investigation, the kids found that most of them (83 percent) felt smoking and secondhand smoke were big problems at outdoor bus stops.

In this way the young people were able to successfully introduce a new law in Duluth which has only benefits not only for anyone who’ll ever wait in the city for a bus but also is a reminder that any of state inhabitants can make a difference in their community.

The new legislation only can improve and protect the health of all inhabitants, smokers and non-smokers. But Councilor Jay Fosle told that vehicle discharge produces more carcinogens than cigarette smoke. And Councilor Todd Fedora argued that the law could accidentally trap a smoker walking past a bus stop.

Researchers declared that Duluth became the first city in Minnesota which accepted such a law and is among the first cities in the country with one. ”I’m pleased that Duluth will be a pioneer on this issue,” said Councilor Patrick Boyle, a nurse practitioner. Researchers argued that legislators from Minnesota have a lot of time to follow the Duluth’s anti-smoking legislation inside bus, a law that’s all about ameliorating and protecting the inhabitants’ health.

So any enclosed space should have a smoking ban for the sake of public health, because the air cannot circulate and people are obliged to breathe in smoke, it’s the right thing to do to stop people from smoking in buses.