The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Workers on lunch break, parents of Little Leaguers and other visitors to Atlanta parks, be warned: You might have to leave the cigarettes at home.

Cigarette butts litter the ground at Woodruff Park.

Vino Wong, vwong@ajc.com

Cigarette butts litter the ground at Woodruff Park.


A man smokes a cigarette in a park.

Vino Wong, vwong@ajc.com

A man smokes a cigarette in a park.


Atlanta officials are moving forward with a plan to ban smoking in city parks, wading into an issue that has grabbed attention from the southside to the northern rim of the metro region. Across the country, smoking has gradually ceded ground and disappeared

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