NYC to ban smoking at parks and beaches

[hurricane]

yea thats pretty bad ..

 

[redshirt27se]

the 'dangers' of second hand smoke are greatly exaggerated.


http://www.bmj.com/content/326/7398/1057.full

there's plenty of other information out there that supports this as well.

 

[cindylou]

We shouldn't need to ban smoking in public, if smokers would get a little bit of decent manners and NOT SMOKE anywhere outside their own homes. It's rude, and dangerous, and a lot of other things. I hate the smell of cigarette smoke, and it's so bothersome to me, that I have to speed up and pass anyone on the road who is smoking in their car. Otherwise it gets into my air conditioning vents, and won't go away. Smoke in public is a menace. I hate it when people crowd around the door of a public building, and infiltrate the whole area with the stench. People who smoke, smell worse than BO on a ditch digger in Houston in August, and I don't understand why anyone would want people to think of them in that way, anyhow. And in hotels, It's useless to make part of the hotel non-smoking. The beds and towels still stink of smokers, even in nonsmoking rooms. That's just the way it is. When a whole hotel is nonsmoking, I'll stay there, even if it costs double, and is miles away from wherever I need to be.

Bottom line: I think people on Earth in 2010 are intelligent and informed enough NOT to smoke. Do we also have to pass a law that people shouldn't run bayonets through their lungs?

:: End of rant ::

Charles

Wow. And I thought I was wound up. Seriously I thought I was wound up until I read this post. I just dont get that upset when I smell cig smoke, and I was taught growin up that it was a SIN! lol It reminds me of amusement parks for some reason. Kind of like the smell of gasoline makes me think of a boat/lake.

 

[Tblock1]

This is such horseshit, the government wastes so much time and money on these stupid ass laws. People just need to dip instead of smoke.

haha yeah dipping is way better and who's ever heard of 2nd hand spit???

 

[EnderJE]

There should have smoking / non-smoking bars and let people go where they want.