Shan taba a Bars da Restaurants
A cikin shekaru 10 da suka wuce, Jojiya da Birnin Atlanta suna motsi zuwa wata dokar da ta tabbatar da yanayin rashin kyauta. A halin yanzu, akwai dokoki a wurin da ya hana ƙuƙwalwar taba a gidajen cin abinci da kuma wasu wuraren jama'a. An tsara waɗannan dokoki a Majalisar Dattijan Bill 90, wanda aka sani da Dokar Smokefree Air Act na shekara ta 2005. Dokar ta rage ragewar shan taba ta hanyar hana shan taba a mafi yawan wurare, ciki har da: gine-gine, gidajen cin abinci / sanduna masu hidima ko yin amfani da mutane a cikin shekarun 18, wurare na aikin yi, ɗakin majalisa, dakunan ajiya, da wuraren kiwon lafiya.
Bars a Atlanta har yanzu bada izinin shan taba. Dogaro dole ne su zaɓi ƙuntata irin waɗanda aka ba su izini idan suna son shan taba a cikin gidan abincin su. Abincin da ke bada izinin shan taba dole ne bincika ID kuma ya ba da izini ga masu alamar da ke kimanin shekaru 18. Alal misali, shahararrun wuraren cin abinci na Little Five Restaurant The Vortex ya ƙayyade shekarun abokan hulda a duk rana, kowace rana. Wasu sanduna da suke aiki a matsayin gidajen cin abinci a lokacin kwanan rana game da wannan ta hanyar cewa an yarda da shan taba bayan wani lokaci (kusan 10 na yamma), a lokacin ne, za su fara tallan ID. Wannan abu ne mai matsala a cikin wannan hayaki yana iya tsayawa a cikin mashaya kuma waɗannan sanduna bazai aiwatar da shekaru 18 da ake bukata ba ga kananan yara da suka gabatar a cikin kafa kafin lokacin cutoff.
Sauran ƙananan hukumomi a kusa da metro Atlanta sun kafa dokokin kansu a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Alal misali, Dekalb County, Norcross, Alpharetta, Duluth, Kennesaw, Marietta, da Roswell kwanan nan suka dakatar da shan taba a wuraren shakatawa.
Dekalb kuma sun yi ta hanyoyi da yawa daga shan taba a cikin sanduna, amma kokarin bai samu goyon baya ba don yin zaben. A Decatur, duk gidajen cin abinci dole ne kyauta ba tare da shan taba ba (ba tare da izinin kyauta na 18+ ba), kuma yankunan waje na cin abinci dole ne su zama kyauta kyauta.
Jami'ar Jihar Georgia ta ba da sababbin ka'idodin a shekarar 2012 wanda ya haramta shan taba a ɗakin makarantar da kuma a cikin kowane motocin jami'a.
Tun da yake a cikin zuciyar garin, sansanin harabar ba a bayyana ba a fili, amma ban ya haɗa da radiyon 25 daga kowane ƙofar gida.
A wani wuri a Jojiya
Athens, gida a Jami'ar Georgia, na ɗaya daga cikin biranen ci gaba a Georgia game da hana shan taba taba. A Athens, ba a yarda shan taba a barsuna ko gidajen cin abinci. Jami'ar Georgia kuma ta dakatar da shan taba a wasu yankunan a harabar makarantar kuma yana aiki zuwa bango a sararin samaniya.
Wasu birane da ba su yarda da shan taba a cikin gidajen cin abinci da barsuna sun hada da:
- Savannah (da dukan Chatham da Effingham Counties)
- Snellville (metro Atlanta)
- Morrow (Metro Atlanta)
- Gainesville
- Buena Vista
- Tift County