The council would consider blanket smoking cigarettes bans at all of its events, including the Norwood Christmas Pageant, the Payneham Community Carols, the Adelaide Fashion Festival and the St Peters Fair. The report also suggests introducing a scheme to encourage restaurant and cafe owners to voluntarily declare their outdoor dining areas smoke-free.
Under the plan, the council would slash outdoor dining fees by half for eateries who banned smoking in their outdoor dining areas. NP&SP Mayor Robert Bria told the Eastern Courier Messenger he did not expect any opposition to smoking bans at family-friendly events but predicted intense debate about bans along The Parade and at Norwood Oval. "It'll be contentious," he said. "They (the recommendations) all have merit but equally, people could find arguments against them as well.
"The council promotes The Parade as a family-friendly environment so further restrictions on smoking seems to be compatible with that type of image we're promoting but we have to take into the consideration all the issues." Mr Bria said there would be "lengthy conversations" with the community before any bans were introduced. NP&SP's proposal follows the State Government's new laws which ban smoking within 10m of playgrounds and in public transport shelters. The laws came into effect in May.
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