Rocklin Resident Wants To Ban Outdoor Smoking, Even In Your Own Backyard

That his neighbor smokes about 30 feet from his patio door. The secondhand smoke, he claims, is making his asthmatic sons, ages 11 and 16, sick.

"We're just saying, 'please don't poison us,' " Baker said. "Can you smoke inside your home? The reason they don't want to do that is because they don’t want their family breathing it in. But it's okay for your neighbor?" Baker's wife, Kelly, claimed that she can smell the trespassing fumes inside their home, adding, "I'll stand by my pantry and smell smoke ... Even during the winter with every window shut and every door shut (the smoke) comes in. It comes in through the vents, I think.”

Although the Baker family attempted a peaceful resolution by asking smokers to stop, neighbors said they would cut down, while others just blew him off altogether. And with that, Baker asked Rocklin City Council to put into effect a non-smoking ordinance that would comprehensively ban smoking outdoors.

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