Streetmail Classifieds work. Get the audiobooks you want for less at Audio Book Club. Choose 4 audiobooks for only 1 penny when you become a member. Perhaps buoyed by last week s Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling that backed towns prohibiting smoking in restaurants, Canton may be the next area community to ban lighting up in restaurants, joining Norwell, Duxbury, Scituate, Holbrook, Cohasset, Hingham, Braintree and Hull. Quincy, too, is considering tougher anti-smoking laws, as the City of Presidents health commissioner has submitted new regulations to the City Council for review and consideration.
Smoking is a public health hazard, health officials say.
But restaurant owners have been slow to embrace the antismoking laws. They argue that not allowing customers to smoke will hurt business. Such laws are unfair, they argue. The number of smokers is declining, and smokers are more considerate of others these days, he said. The Board of Health should worry about other things, he said.