Yokohama proposes smoking ban in public parks

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a ban on…を禁ずる

roughly  およそ

city council 市議会

call for 求める

revising an ordinance 条例の改訂

revise 改訂する

prohibited acts  禁止行為

prohibit 禁止する

Violator 違反者

up to 50,000 yen 最大5万円

point out  指摘する

warnings and penalties 警告と罰則

conflict between…間の争い

gather public feedback 市民の意見を集める

submit a bill. 法案を提出する

smoking on streets 路上喫煙

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Officials of Yokohama City have proposed a ban on smoking at all  roughly 2,700 parks they manage to city council.

The plan calls for revising an ordinance to add smoking to the list of prohibited acts at parks.

Violators would have to pay up to 50,000 yen.

City council members pointed out several issues.

For example,

Who should make decisions on warnings and penalties?

Officials  need to prevent conflicts between smokers and non-smokers.

The city plans to gather public feedback before submitting a bill.

Officials hope to introduce the ban in April next year.

I guess,

Tokyo has completely banned smoking on streets for the Tokyo Olympics.

I even forgot about that because I quit smoking 20 years ago.

Actually I’ve never heard of any fights between smokers and non-smokers.

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