The Santa Monica City Council voted 4-2 Tuesday night to ban smoking on the beach, at bus stops and within the pier's open-air amusement park. The law must pass a second vote in two weeks before it takes effect. The cities of Solana Beach and San Clemente already forbid smoking on the sand.
Smoke-free Santa Monica beach
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