ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The St. Petersburg city council has given final approval to an ordinance banning use of smokeless tobacco products at organized sporting events, including baseball games at Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays.
The measure, approved Thursday, not only applies to players, coaches and managers, but to anyone attending events at the sports venues around the city. It is aimed at discouraging kids from using products such as chewing tobacco, snuff and dip.
Tropicana Field is among 13 major league stadiums that will be tobacco-free for the 2017 season, according to the Washington, D.