And Maybe Smokers Will Finally Get The Hint

I guess it's national news that California has banned smoking on state beaches and in state parks, which is NOT a ban on smoking on ALL beaches or in ALL parks, just the ones run by the state. And it's hardly a shocking or unfair thing, since... well, look at the news today. We have fires. Smokers are often careless in discarding their lit butts. It's reasonable to not want them doing so in a park. As for a beach, ever sit near a smoker on the beach? A face full of cigarette smoke while you're just trying to enjoy the beach sucks. Only argument against this: This is going to be very hard to enforce, and it might take rangers' time away from more important things, but I would assume the rangers will know when to bother and when to let it go. (Los Angeles Times)

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