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Enforcement : 12/8/2009

Where will the money for enforcement come from? They can't even enforce dog leash laws at the parks, so it falls to the smoker to police himself. This begs the question of why should a smoker be more considerate than an arrogant dog owner?
I have seen off leash dogs cause more trouble at beaches and parks than any cigarette. Supes, please get your priorities straight.

sbcitizen

About Time : 12/8/2009

Not only are cigarette butts made from cotton and so don't biodegrade when smokers throws them on the ground, but why should I be subject to somebody else's second hand smoke from their completely selfish and self serving indulgence of smoking. I think cigarettes should be banned period, but this is a great start.

cigarette hater

dumb laws or laws because of the dumb? : 12/8/2009

I'm a smoker. I smoke at the beach and in the parks, but I never throw a butt on the ground. A trash can is never too far away. If this is the only way to keep people from throwing butts everywhere, fine. I'm disgusted to see butts all over the beach as much as a non-smoker. This is just another freedom lost because of dumb people.

smoker

Hmmm : 12/8/2009

What will you do when they come for you... : 12/8/2009

What are the politicians going to do when they run out of things to make illegal? It seems to be a national hysteria when it comes to smoking. I wonder if anyone really understands the statistics. Take a guess, what is the chance a smoker will die of lung cancer? 95%? 80%, 60%, 40%, 20%???
"This would place the lifetime odds of dying from smoking at 6 to 1 (45 million smokers divided by 100,000 deaths per year x 75 years), rather than 3 to 1. However, about half (45 percent) of all smoking-related deaths occur at age 75 or higher. These can be called “premature” only by stretching common usage of the word. The odds of a life-long smoker dying prematurely of a smoking-related disease, then, are about 12 to 1."
So my question is, what are the Supervisor's going to outlaw to address the other 11 of 12 chances that I'm at risk of dying from? Maybe they're just looking for something, anything for our overpaid L.E. agencies to keep busy and justify their bloated, bankruptcy inducing paychecks.

sa1

enforcement!! : 12/8/2009

I agree with the first letter writer: who is going to enforce this law? I am thoroughly opposed to laws that are not enforced......

non-smoker