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Reaction to Raymond James Stadium’s new smoke and tobacco-free policy

Raymond James Stadium became a smoke and tobacco-free venue today after the Tampa Sports Authority voted to remove all designated smoking areas. Here's a sampling of reaction from Twitter:

Preventing adults from smoking outdoors in a designated area will accomplish nothing while alienating many. It will also invariably lead to a number of evictions, confrontations and probably a few arrests.

— John A. Boudet (@JohnBoudet) August 1, 2018

Two responses question if the decision is to get ahead of non-tobacco substances:

Smoking is bad, but there should always be an area to exercise the freedom to do it.