Hampstead bans smoking on city property, including streets and sidewalks

Describing second-hand tobacco smoke as a danger “especially to minors, the elderly and those with lung diseases,” the town of Hampstead has tabled a bylaw that will ban smoking on city property — including streets and sidewalks.
The across-the-board ban was announced by the west-end municipality on Tuesday morning on the town’s website, which quoted Mayor William Steinberg saying: “Second-hand smoke is dangerous, especially for the elderly, people with lung di