Guest Opinion: LGBTQs ready for smoke-free bar patios this Pride
It's Pride 2022, and we are back in the streets to celebrate in-person again! Afterward, many of us will continue the party at bars with family and friends.
In San Francisco and Oakland, however, should you head to the bar patio for fresh air, you could find something else in your lungs: secondhand smoke and vape.Unlike over 50 other cities in the Bay Area, San Francisco and Oakland allow smoking and vaping tobacco on bar patios.
Using cannabis in any way on a bar patio is prohibited under state law, but you may still smell a special something on many a bar patio.
I know I have.Whether that patio pollution comes from a cigar, cigarette, joint, blunt, or even a vape, it poses health risks not just for the user, but also for anyone who breathes it in.
