Good idea to ban smoking in city parks?

@TheHorse (205792)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

As a part-time smoker, I'm kind of resentful of this sort of thing. But I think smokers should use common sense and not smoke when kids are around, not leave their butts lying around, etc.

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@TheHorse (205792)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

@LovingMyBabies Glad I'm not alone in this. Some courtesies should be common sense. I hate to see everything regulated by "law."

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angel_smiles

@Lolaze (5093)

• St. Louis, Missouri

28 May 16

I'm not a smoker but I resent this type of law. Regulating just a bit too much in my opinion.

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@TheHorse (205792)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 May 16

@Lolaze Some things should be "regulated" by social convention. People have to make SOME decisions for themselves.

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topffer

@topffer (42156)

• France

28 May 16

It is banned only near children games in French parks. I am not a smoker today, but I smoked during years, and I find that this smoker hunt is going too far. When I was very young, people were smoking in movie theaters. When I started, it was possible for me to smoke in college libraries or amphitheaters. Now it is forbidden to smoke in bars and offices and they have to go outdoors like lepers. There should be a limit : I do not see what damage they can do to others when smoking in a park justifying to spend a month in jail. To be logical you should also forbid cars in the streets, they are a lot more dangerous for the health.

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topffer

@topffer (42156)

• France

28 May 16

@TheHorse People can still smoke outdoors if there is an opened terrace. Many cafés in Paris have closed terraces with heaters and strong ventilation which were built for smokers when smoking inside cafés was banned, but the city of Paris has decided last summer to sue all cafés allowing to smoke inside these closed terraces. However, the owner risks only a small fine (about $70 for each smoker found, and the same for the smoker) and they are continuing to allow to smoke inside these terraces. The city seems more tolerant this year, and I have not heard of a new trial since many months.

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@TheHorse (205792)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

@topffer Interesting. I'm glad to hear that there's some tolerance toward smokers there.

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@TheHorse (205792)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

Can you still smoke outside at a Cafe in France while sipping your coffee, discussing Renoir, and watching people promenade by?

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angel_smiles

@Lolaze (5093)

• St. Louis, Missouri

28 May 16

I think banning smoking indoors is fine, but outside is going a little too far. I understand wanting to save the lungs of non-smokers but there is plenty of clean air outside for all. As far as the butts, they could enforce a litter ordinance instead.

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@Lolaze (5093)

• St. Louis, Missouri

29 May 16

@JamesHxstatic Thats when you take 2 steps to the right or left and everything is fine again. I think smokers need to have some rights in this world too. Smoking outside needs to be preserved as one of them.

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29242)

• Eugene, Oregon

29 May 16

The air is clean only until you get downwind of a smoker then you get a snoot full.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

29 May 16

@JamesHxstatic The law should then give smoking areas in the park.

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39515)

• United States

28 May 16

i've mixed feelin's 'bout such bans. but, so many're careless with their smokin' i reckon such's'n order. 's fer these parts? i've nary a clue since i rarely leave my own property...where i smoke where i wish.

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39515)

• United States

29 May 16

@nanette64

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

29 May 16

I think I'll get silly and post signs around my 20 acres that says: "No NON-smokers allowed." That ought to get people scratchin' their heads @crazyhorseladycx .

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Richard L. Meister Jr.

@RichardMeister (5328)

• Otis Orchards, Washington

28 May 16

I don't know how easy that would be to enforce. Here is Spokane a couple of kids beat up a kid in one of the parks and took his shoes. It took several weeks before they caught the kids. So if they can get away with beating up a kid how are they going to catch everyone who smokes in the park?

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@TheHorse (205792)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

Goodness gracious. What kind of shoes were they? From the police's perspective, it's probably easier to hassle smokers than thugs. Hassling thugs can make you wind up on trial for murder.

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29242)

• Eugene, Oregon

29 May 16

They won't catch everyone, but the ones they do will leave or get cited I suppose.

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Richard L. Meister Jr.

@RichardMeister (5328)

• Otis Orchards, Washington

28 May 16

@TheHorse They were expensive running shoes which the kid only had for a few days. My basic point I was trying to make here is there is no constant police force in most city parks so most likely there will probably only be a few people who actually get caught smoking. And they certainly are not going post cops in parks just to enforce a smoking law. I'm certain a good deal of these laws are passed to make it harder for smokers in order to encourage them to stop. I work at one place where they had an outdoor smoking area. A lot of the smokers complained because there wasn't any covering to protect them from the rain and snow. The owner said the company was not going to put any covering up and if the smokers didn't like standing in the rain or snow they could just quit. Of course, the company provided help for those who wanted to quit.

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