# No smoking in public in 2008

Halifax council has [passed a legislation](http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/04/16/f222.raw.html) that will disallow smoking in public places except for special "smoking chambers" and ban it altogether from public places in 2008.   
  
I say 2008 can't get here quickly enough. I know this will probably piss off the smokers, but I say fuck 'em, they're going to die first anyway. If cities like New York are [doing it](http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030329-050914-7824r), then the rest of the major metropolises (metropoli?) can't be far behind. It's good to see that we're taking a leading role in this issue (as opposed to our 18th-century-style stand on Sunday shopping).

*Originally posted on Wednesday, 2003-04-16 at 10:53:34.*