Originally Posted by knot_e_lady

In all fairness, the main reason that they banned smoking on the beach in California was not because of the smoke, per se, but because of the butts left in the sand.

You know how gross it is to have your little guys playing in the sand, and they stick in their shovel and come up with cigarette butts?

Maybe if smokers were a little more considerate and didn't throw their butts all over the place, things would be a little easier for them.

You know how many time I've seen a flaming butt fly out of the window of the car driving in front of me? Why is that okay? Or sitting at a stop light, and you look down at the curb and it is scattered with cigarette butts.

If smokers want people to be more sympathetic towards them, they need to clean up after themselves. My mom and sister both smoke, and they carry a little tin with them everywhere, as well as a baggy, so if they do smoke outside they take their butts with them and dispose of them properly.