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NEW YORK - New York City, United States (U.S.), tried a new policy that could make cigarettes lovers furious. 

The city government plans to prohibit smoking in public places, beaches, even in the heart of the City of New York, the Times Square.

City government officials led by Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced they will extend the ban on smoking at more than 1,700 parks and 22 miles from the coast. In addition, smoking ban would be imposed on the sidewalk, marina and other public places.

This means no longer allowed to smoke in the area of Central Park or the usual places that made New Yorkers crowded center.

"As New Yorkers and visitors come to town they will breathe fresh air in parks and beaches," said Mayor Bloomberg told the Associated Press on Thursday (16/09/2010).

State and city in the U.S., such as Maine to California, have imposed a ban on smoking in public areas. But the new New York that prohibits smoking expand this.