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No Smoking on Public Beaches

I read on nymag.com today that Bloomberg is considering banning smoking on beaches and at parks. I don't know about the rest of you, but I think it is a good idea.

Here is the story:

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/07/bloomberg_warming_up_to_beach.html#comment_list_bottom

Of course there will be opposition, especially from smoking addicts and activists, who have nothing better to do than to make trouble for others.

How do you feel about a possible smoking ban on beaches and parks. I don't know about the rest of you, but when I go to a park or beach, the least thing I want to smell is disgusting smoke from a cigarette.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@hhusted do people really smoke at a beach/park in the city? I have rarely seen anyone who does.. it just seems so out of sync with the whole setting
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
It is not just smoking that bothers people, it is all the cigarette butts lying around that people don't like.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
I think litter on public beaches - where people tend to walk around barefoot - is rather disgusting, and I'm all in favor of the ban!
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Everyone looks like NYC is extending the smoking ban to all public places even pedestrian plazas.. a few of my friends who still smoke are going to be very upset I suspect.

http://amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/nyc-proposes-to-ban-smoking-in-parks-and-on-beaches-1.2293906
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
It just seems overmuch. Just let people smoke outside, they already look silly having to run out in the middle of winter to indulge their habits. That seems like punishment enough.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish I agree with you the ban is a bit too extreme.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
@neversleeps - even outside, secondhand smoke can be an irritation at best and a danger at worst. If people want to smoke, that's their business (although if I were a friend/relative, I'd be on their case to stop), but when it's inconvenient to others, that's where my issue lies!
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@ajadedidealist I have tried to ask my friends to stop smoking for in true New York style they would probably bite my head off and anyway I think they are old enough to know that the cancer sticks are injurious to health.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
I think the whole anti-smoking campaign is one of those things Americans tend to go overboard with. It's cool that no one can smoke in restaurants and bars in NYC, but public outdoor spaces! Jeez. Get a life, government. You can smoke in movie theaters and malls in Europe. Live and let live, I say. No one doubts the negative effects of cigarette smoke. We all know the story by now.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps very well said
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Everyone Here in Hong Kong , smoking is banned in restaurants and bars but folks stand outside and smoke away and its not uncommon to get into a cab that reeks of cigarette smoke because the cabbie has been puffing away.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Agreed, NeverSleeps. Enough already with the paranoia.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
The smoking ban in beaches and parks comes into effect this summer and is already whipping up controversy.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/02/20/has-nyc-gone-too-far-by-banning-smoking-in-parks/
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@uptowngirl Weird... I didn't know that any such thing had gone into effect! I actually always wondered if people were really allowed to smoke in public parks anyway...
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Sigh, I wish lawmakers would do something useful with themselves
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish that's wishful thinking I believe..
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
There's of course the entire health care system broken, the roads nationwide are unpaved and infrastructure is crumbling, and the election system is broken too...that's only the stuff I can think of off the top of my head without exhausting myself with despair. But of course, glad they got that smoking ban done.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish I tell you! You really have to wonder about the lawmakers.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@JenMac have a look as to what lengths people will go just to keep their right to smoke

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/ues_man_agrees_his_pay_each_time_Bu44ykeEKyxEPzWBKxT9yL
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@JenMac Congrats for quitting. And, like I said, so glad they got that very very urgent piece of legislation done since people smoking outdoors was having SUCH a detrimental effect on all our health, way worse of course than toxic leakage from the chemical plant in Jersey or the air pollution from the gazillion cars that pass through Manhattan on a given day. Yeah.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
Yeah - let's not worry about cleaning the toxic waste out of the Gowanus Canal, either. But smoking outdoors! What could be worse?
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@uptowngirl Jeez. Is it really that bad? The smell doesn't really offend me...
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@uptowngirl It's funny and cute what becomes an issue of epic proportions in a marriage, which to others would seem like a pretty small thing...
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