Comments » 66  SHIFTT writes:  if you ban smoking on public
beaches, where will the smokers go?  Well, the smokers can go
into the water. Surely the beach is distictly different from the
water itself, and even if the city could get the ban passed,
enforcing the ban would be difficult.  Take for example two
people, one person on a boat who has come ashore for some
meaningful reason, the other person on the other hand in on the
beach soaking up some sun, both are smokers. IF neither can
smoke legally on the beach, they will take to the water where
their cigarette butts and ash will surely do wonders for the
eco-system not to mention their health.  This is an odd ban
because it poses many loop holes that can be capitalized by
smokers to allow them to keep enjoying their distructive habits.
The purpose of the two examples of smokers is simple, if the
police can't legally regulate smokers aboard their own vessles
which may contribute to ciggarette pollution, does this also
apply to people in the water?  I guess if