Butts out at the Rose Parade

Pasadena spokeswoman Ann Erdman warned smokers on her blog that the city intends to begin enforcing city's new smoking ordinance for real at the Rose Parade:

Fair warning to smokers who light up along the parade route on New Year's Day: You'll be asked by a police officer to either put it out or go a block or so away from the route to enjoy your cigarette, pipe or cigar. The fine for ignoring the officer: $100 for the first violation (it goes up from there)

The ban has in place since October, but the city always planned to take a little longer to actually start enforcing it, taking time to put up signs and get people used to the new law.