Sunday, 16. May 2004

Smoking on beach may be next to go


Smokers have been rejected from offices and restaurants, their presence in pubs and clubs is precarious, and now they face a new fight for their right to smoke on Sydney beaches.

A proposal before Manly Council tonight may ban smoking on the beach where the newspaper editor William Gocher was arrested in 1902 for defying the law by swimming during the day.

¬> smh.com.au

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