FOODSTUFFS AND SMOKING

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 219, 5 June 1918, Page 5

FOODSTUFFS AND SMOKING

There is in existence a city by-law which prohibits smoking in placcs where foodstuffs are sold, ;,nd the validity of tins by-law was questioned in the case ot the city authorities against Hopkins Gruar, heard some weeks ago by Mr. S. . 5 ai W» &.M. Ueserveil judgmont in the case was delivered yesterday afternoon, wlion tho Magistrate held that the making of such a by-law came withm the competence of a property constitutedlocal authority, Ho remarked tu<at with many persons smoking induccd expectoration, and in that, lay tho danger. Although smoking might not affect food injuriously, yet its odours rendered food unpleasant to the '.asfce. It was contended for tho defendant that the bylaw shouid bo directed against epitting alono, as it was the indiscriminate practice of that habit against which the by-law was Teally directed. The Magistrate held tlmt if a by-law against expectoration in places whero foodstuffs wore being sold was iwithin the competence of tho local authority, it followed that a prohibition of a practice directly inciting expectoration was also within such competence. Tho defendant was convicted and fined Is., with costs ;62 9s. Mr. J. O'Shsa appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. H. F. O'Leary for the defendant.