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LA County bans vaping and smoking pot at beaches

LOS ANGELES - It's about to get harder to find a place to vape and smoke cannabis in Los Angeles County.

The Board of Supervisors updated the county's legal definition of "smoke" and "smoking" on Tuesday, expanding an existing ban on using tobacco products at beaches, parks and government buildings to include electronic cigarettes and pot.

The supervisors also clamped down with new restrictions on smoking at beach parking lots, bus stops, outdoor bars and some common areas of county-owned golf courses in unincorporated areas.

The new rules on public consumption come

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