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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
If the ban were based on littering, I'd get behind it. I agree smoker's litter is offensive.
But it's not based on that. It's predicated on a absolutely unsupportable claim that second hand smoke on a beach might somehow cause cancer in a person sitting ten feet from you, which is outrageous. That they'd even offer such a predicate shows just how stupid the public is, and how sure the govt is that it can get away with using misinformation to achieve goals. That's saddening and frightening.
But hey, if we're stupid enough to be manipulated by this shit, we deserve whhat we get.
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It's stinky and gross, and that's enough for me.
However, as to your dangers argument, I think the danger of secondhand smoke is very very real for, ahem, infants and small children and can permanently affect them. Less of a danger for adults. So I'm pretty much OK, and I don't plan on having any kids -- yay for me! Plus the health of kids lungs and their brain capacity and stuff may not matter when most all the crops die. I'll be dead by then -- yay for me!
