Clean Air Saint Joe says a citywide ban on smoking at indoor public places is not a rights issue or case of government being your big brother. Sara Summers says it’s not even about telling smokers they can’t smoke. She says it’s a matter of protecting public safety.

Summers says according to the Surgeon General no level of secondhand smoke is safe. Summers says she hopes to meet with City Councilmembers one on one, and have a work session with the Council in mid-May about protecting the public from secondhand smoke.