Should smoking be banned on our beaches?

[JUL]

i wish they would ban it in shopping parking lots...the other day i saw a women ditch a lit cancer stick to the ground behind not even looking to see who could be in its path....if i had a toddler with me it could of grazed her...i think it is littering

 

[scooterbug44]

I don't have a problem w/ people smoking (well, when it has no effect on my air) - it's the litter/lingering stench/lit cigarettes bouncing off my hood and the road that makes me insane.

IMO instead of banning smoking we should just enforce the heck out of the littering ordinance and make some $ in these tight budget times! (and I do not care if this places an unfair burden on lawbreakers):roll:

 

[Bobby J]

I don't have a problem w/ people smoking (well, when it has no effect on my air) - it's the litter/lingering stench/lit cigarettes bouncing off my hood and the road that makes me insane.

IMO instead of banning smoking we should just enforce the heck out of the littering ordinance and make some $ in these tight budget times! (and I do not care if this places an unfair burden on lawbreakers):roll:

Good point. I am always amazed at how people just throw their butts anywhere. The busy beaches are disgusting when you actually open your eyes and look down. Last beach clean ups were at Ed Walline and one in Destin and both spots were disgusting! I could not believe all the butts!

 

[Matt J]

I don't have a problem w/ people smoking (well, when it has no effect on my air) - it's the litter/lingering stench/lit cigarettes bouncing off my hood and the road that makes me insane.

IMO instead of banning smoking we should just enforce the heck out of the littering ordinance and make some $ in these tight budget times! (and I do not care if this places an unfair burden on lawbreakers):roll:

Sieg Heil Heir Scooterbug.

 

[John R]

there are beach cleaning machines that work quite well. Just like snowcats, they do their job at night, sifting and evening out the sand to carpet like smoothness. it's a bummer that litterbugs make them necessary, but there will always be litter.

what interests me is that most litterers drive by their litter regularly, most likely the next day. they have no conscious and their litter is already out of site, out of mind. i guess they don't look around while they're driving. or their litter is not visible in the taller grass on the side of the road. on cleanups, the majority picked up, by quantity, are cigarette butts. it's infuriating to me, and quite painful on the lower back, as you rarely ever are actually upright, as there's so many to pick up.

my vision of the perfect hell for litterers would be to perpetually wade through everything they tossed to the ground.

 

[lms47]

I am being gently persuaded to post something as I have been lurking for quite some time and love reading all your wonderful comments. SO, here goes----- Unfortunately, I DO smoke; but I am conizant(sp) of where I put my butts, all kinds I fail to understand why we continue to have the need to legislate personal behavior. This practice has gotten way out of hand IMHO. Happy New Year to all from my little cottage on a canal in Portland.

 

[scooterbug44]

Sieg Heil Heir Scooterbug.

That's Frau Wasserk?fer Vierundvierzig to you!

 

[wrobert]

that's sucky. I was behind a sheriff's car on 20 going east towards Ebro and both SO's were smoking, and both tossed their butts out the window. I called it in to dispatch and was handed off to a Lt. and never heard anything about it.

Especially since that is a crime separate from littering.

 

[Bobby J]

I am being gently persuaded to post something as I have been lurking for quite some time and love reading all your wonderful comments. SO, here goes----- Unfortunately, I DO smoke; but I am conizant(sp) of where I put my butts, all kinds I fail to understand why we continue to have the need to legislate personal behavior. This practice has gotten way out of hand IMHO. Happy New Year to all from my little cottage on a canal in Portland.

Thanks for your post and welcome. Unfortunately, some personal behavior affects the rights of others. On the way to town this evening we counted 4 separate drivers throw their butts out the window. That is also a practice that has gotten out of hand. Come do a beach clean up with us sometime and you will see what I am talking about. One day I may go postal over this.

 

[Matt J]

Especially since that is a crime separate from littering.

Are you referring to the fact that the state considers it a work place and makes it illegal?

Thanks for your post and welcome. Unfortunately, some personal behavior affects the rights of others. On the way to town this evening we counted 4 separate drivers throw their butts out the window. That is also a practice that has gotten out of hand. Come do a beach clean up with us sometime and you will see what I am talking about. One day I may go postal over this.

Some warning would be nice, I'll pay to watch this.