Another smoking post

[alwynsw]

I'm a non-smoker. Some may disagree, but IMO the tobacco nazis are going too far again. Your thoughts?

Associated Press

SOLANA BEACH, Calif. -- This laid-back, funky seaside town has businesses with names such as the Naked Cafe, Belly Up Tavern and Do-It-Yourself Dog Wash, and the dress code is more Grateful Dead than boardroom.

But it's laying down the law on its 1.4 miles of beaches: No smoking.

Solana Beach is about to becomes the first California city to ban smoking on the beach, according to the American Lung Association.

The ban in the northern San Diego County town of 13,000 people was prompted by a group of high school students.

It was unanimously supported by the five-member City Council. After it takes effect on Nov. 20, first-time offenders can face a $100 fine.

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. this is dumb

It's freakin' outdoors. As long as you give smokers enough places to deposit their butts, I see no reason why they shouldn't be allowed to smoke in public places.

After all, smokers are taxpayers too!

:mad:

[VermontDem2004]

3. I agree

[pansypoo53219]

2. HELLO

i guess you missed the butts covering the beaches, because most asshole smokers are lazy bastards and do not take their trash with them. like you never say a smoker flig a butt out the window while driving.
when i was at art school and they made everybody smoke outside, you should have seen all the butts in the snow pile.
they could smoke ONLY if like a dog, you took the butts with them, but then you KNOW that ain't gonna happen.