No-smoking forces taking new territory: the beach LOS ANGELES – Ten years after California set a national precedent by banning smoking in restaurants and bars - and months after prohibiting it within feet of government buildings and playgrounds - many of the state's coastal cities are now banning smoking at the beach. Health and environmental officials say the moves are a logical extension of smoking bans in other public places and are necessary to meet state and federal antipollution requirements. Some legislators, however, fear the government is prying too far into private lives, with unnecessary and overly puritanical dictums. Solana...