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Sorry JB but Tucson beat that last year. Our idiots passed a smoke free school rule. Sounds good so far right, keep the smokes away from kids. Problem comes in with the "definition" of "school grounds". "School grounds", according to this law, extend all the way to the street, and the ban isn't just on smoking but on possessing tobaco product on "school grounds". So thanks to this law, walking by the school, on the side walk, with 1 single solitairy cigarette on your persno is illegal; live on the same block as a school (happens a lot here, we've got some oddly shaped blocks) better tell your friend to leave their smokes at home, can't even have them in your car if your car is on "school grounds".

Yeah, but think of all the chidren we're saving from the effects of second-hand smoke. What's a little liberty in the face of such lofty goals. (Believe it or not, some people actually think that way!)