San Francisco bans smoking tobacco in apartments, but not marijuana
An ordinance passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday bans city residents from smoking tobacco inside their apartments but allows them to smoke pot at home, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
On the surface, this seems quite unfair. However, the article also notes that "The ordinance reportedly banned the smoking of marijuana in an earlier iteration but was changed amid concerns that the legislation would rob pot smokers of the only place they can legally light up."
That's a valid point, but it seems to be missing the point. Weed smoke is still second hand smoke, and has many of the same issues as second hand smoke from tobacco (i.e.: no nicotine, but certainly carbon monoxide and other chemicals common to burning vegetation). It seems to me that state law that bans weed smoking outside the home needs to be changed.
As it stands now? Smoking tobacco: go outside; smoking weed: stay inside.