Калёнка аўтара: Tobacco road
May. 15th, 2011 12:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Would you want your city to outlaw smoking on public streets? Why or why not?
NO. Doing so would be as stupid as outlawing consumption of alcohol, including beer, in public places, as it is now in New York State. In fact you CAN have your beer, vodka or whatever else if a bottle is wrapped in a paper bag so that it cannot be seen. You can't smell the bottle, of course, but you can well smell a drunk person. It's not hazardous, it's just disgusting.
In reality smoking outdoors on spacious streets doesn't affect anyone but the smoker him/herself. After all, parks and beaches in California, New York and perhaps several other states are already smoke free. I would just outlaw smoking on bus stops and other typically crowded places where people have to stay for a while. But definitely not on public streets. Another reason for my "NO" is that any law should be reasonably enforceable. And lastly, if tobacco products are legally sold — how can one outlaw the consumption of such goods?
Would you want your city to outlaw smoking on public streets? Why or why not?
NO. Doing so would be as stupid as outlawing consumption of alcohol, including beer, in public places, as it is now in New York State. In fact you CAN have your beer, vodka or whatever else if a bottle is wrapped in a paper bag so that it cannot be seen. You can't smell the bottle, of course, but you can well smell a drunk person. It's not hazardous, it's just disgusting.
In reality smoking outdoors on spacious streets doesn't affect anyone but the smoker him/herself. After all, parks and beaches in California, New York and perhaps several other states are already smoke free. I would just outlaw smoking on bus stops and other typically crowded places where people have to stay for a while. But definitely not on public streets. Another reason for my "NO" is that any law should be reasonably enforceable. And lastly, if tobacco products are legally sold — how can one outlaw the consumption of such goods?
