Surf's up, smoking isn't in San Diego

The Sacramento Bee reports:

It's hard out there for a smoker.

And it just got a little harder in the seaside city of San Diego, where the City Council recently voted to ban smoking at public parks and beaches.

In a state where 14 percent of adults light up -- eight points lower than the national average -- the appeal of smoking bans is rapidly expanding from enclosed spaces to the great outdoors, said Debra Kelley, vice president of government relations for the San Diego office of the American Lung Association of California.

Nanny.