Milwaukee City Council votes to ban smokeless tobacco from Miller Park

A smokeless tobacco ban will be enforced at Milwaukee city sports facilities, including Miller Park.

The Milwaukee City Council voted 13-1 Tuesday in favor of the ordinance, which prohibits fans and players from chewing tobacco on the premises, according to ESPN's Adam Rubin.

Milwaukee alderman Michael Murphy, who introduced the law, said players would face fines of up to $250 for violating the new rule. Major League Baseball also supported the ban.

"As we have repeatedly and publicly acknowledged, MLB has long supported a ban of smokeless tobacco at the major-league level, and we support the efforts of cities to ban the use of all tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, in sports stadiums and arenas," the league said in an email earlier in November, according to Rich Kirchen of the Milwaukee Business Journal.

By the start of the 2017 season, 12 of 30 MLB stadiums will be tobacco-free.