Farmington adopts public smoking ban

The town of Farmington in north Mississippi is going smoke free.
The Daily Corinthian reports  that local aldermen approved the new ordinance this week.
Mayor Dale Fortenberry says all businesses within the city will be smoke free. He says the ban also applies to electronic cigarettes." L&M Red Label
City officials say smokers will have to be at least 15 feet from a business entrance in order to smoke.
Farmington is one of more than 65 cities in the state to go smoke free.
Corinth voted to go smoke free in November 2007, while Rienzi city officials voted to ban smoking in January 2011.

Careless smoking eyed as cause of apartment blaze

Careless smoking is believed to be the cause of a fire that injured two people at a high-rise apartment building just east of Toronto’s downtown core Thursday morning.
The small fire occurred inside a seventh-floor suite in a Toronto Community Housing Corp. building at Dundas and Sherbourne streets at about 5:20 a.m.
Toronto Fire Services District Chief James Green said the tenant was removed from the smoke-filled suite by the building's security officers. Pall Mall Nanokings Blue Slims
Paramedics transported the tenant to hospital to be treated for minor burns and smoke inhalation, while one of the TCHC security officer was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation, Green told CP24 reporter Cam Woolley at the scene.
Firefighters rushed into the building and quickly extinguished the blaze, which Green said was confined to contents within the suite. They brought out a chair that caught fire and they used fans to clear smoke inside the building.