Sebastopol City Council approves tough smoking ban

<p>The Sebastopol City Council approved a smoking ordinance on Tuesday that is the toughest in Sonoma County, extending the smoking ban to apartments.</p><p>The council, however, restricted the ban to tobacco and nicotine products, removing any mention of medical marijuana.</p><p>The ordinance would require that landlords write into leases for new renters a prohibition on smoking, with a 14-month grace period for existing tenants.</p><p>In California, only the city of Belmont has an ordinance as broad, although Rohnert Park will have a smoking prohibition in half of that city's apartments takes effect next year.</p><p>The Sebastopol ordinance still needs to be brought back at a future City Council meeting for final approval.</p>