Tobacco Ban Proposed for All California Baseball Fields

Baseball and tobacco have long been linked. But this relationship might soon be a thing of the past, at least in California’s five Major League Baseball parks. This week, Assemblymember Tony Thurmond proposed a statewide ban on smokeless tobacco products such as chewing tobacco and e-cigarettes at all baseball venues. In San Francisco, a supervisor proposed a similar citywide ban.

• More: Lawmaker seeks to ban chewing tobacco at all California baseball games (LA Times)