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Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:39 AM Jun 2014

Smoking Banned at Cape Cod National Seashore

EASTHAM, Mass. (AP) — Smoking has been banned at the some of the most popular beaches at the Cape Cod National Seashore.

Superintendent George Price says smoking will be prohibited at all six of the park’s guarded beaches beginning June 19.

Price tell the Cape Cod Times that secondhand cigarette smoke ‘‘ruins the experience’’ of non-smokers at the beach. Millions of people visit the national park every year. He says the ban is a result of a number of complaints from visitors.

The smoking ban covers Coast Guard Beach and Nauset Light Beach in Eastham, Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, and Race Point Beach and Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/06/11/smoking-banned-cape-cod-national-seashore/sXhhDalHUjnTDfA6JcgkFN/story.html


Excellent. I don't go to the beach to be exposed to the smell of cigarette smoke (which always seems to blow in my direction). Even if secondhand smoke was perfectly safe, it just smells disgusting. I don't think cigarettes should be banned, but smoking should be restricted such that nonsmokers are never exposed to secondhand smoke.
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Smoking Banned at Cape Cod National Seashore (Original Post) Nye Bevan Jun 2014 OP
Can we just allow pot? yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #1
Pot should be legal, Nye Bevan Jun 2014 #2
And I don't want to smell any farts either. dogman Jun 2014 #3
What a silly comparison. And I am sure you know it! n-t Logical Jun 2014 #7
Of course dogman Jun 2014 #15
And butts being thrown on the ground. nt Logical Jun 2014 #19
In my entire lifetime, I have never smelt a fart on a beach. Nye Bevan Jun 2014 #12
And I have never smelt a cigarette on a beach. dogman Jun 2014 #17
Good. WI_DEM Jun 2014 #4
Are they going to ban motorized vehicles as well? Cooley Hurd Jun 2014 #5
They already have. Nye Bevan Jun 2014 #8
They are after the season ends statementofgoods Jun 2014 #11
No, I take my truck on the sand every year to surf fish statementofgoods Jun 2014 #10
I spend a lot of time there and the ONE piece of garbage that always seems statementofgoods Jun 2014 #6
I just assumed that smokers have a special exemption from littering laws. Nye Bevan Jun 2014 #9
^^^THIS!^^^ Aristus Jun 2014 #13
I can't stand when I see smokers throw butts on the ground , drives me nuts statementofgoods Jun 2014 #14
I don't smoke, never did but people who smoke at the beach, it did not bother me. Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #16
The real issue here is Air Pollution Vox Moi Jun 2014 #18
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
1. Can we just allow pot?
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:42 AM
Jun 2014

I wonder if these bans are going to eventually include pot? I think that people should be allowed to smoke anywhere except inside. I don't smoke but they are really treating people like leapers the last few years.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
2. Pot should be legal,
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:45 AM
Jun 2014

but it should be illegal to involuntarily expose anyone to secondhand pot smoke. People's right to smoke tobacco or pot does not trump my right to walk down the street without inhaling the byproducts of the guy smoking ahead of me.

dogman

(6,073 posts)
15. Of course
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:14 PM
Jun 2014

It was in response to the op writing they are not concerned about second hand smoke, but smell. We cannot expect to be protected from every unpleasantry in life.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
12. In my entire lifetime, I have never smelt a fart on a beach.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:02 PM
Jun 2014

Am I extraordinarily lucky in this regard? Or perhaps you are extremely unlucky?

dogman

(6,073 posts)
17. And I have never smelt a cigarette on a beach.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:16 PM
Jun 2014

I think the bigger concern is the rude people who discard their cigarette butts in the sand.

 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
5. Are they going to ban motorized vehicles as well?
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:54 AM
Jun 2014

Emissions from motorized vehicles are MUCH more deadly (and "smelly&quot than second hand smoke.

 

statementofgoods

(68 posts)
10. No, I take my truck on the sand every year to surf fish
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:01 PM
Jun 2014

I drive the whole beach after the beach season ends.

 

statementofgoods

(68 posts)
6. I spend a lot of time there and the ONE piece of garbage that always seems
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:54 AM
Jun 2014

allowed to throw on the beach is cigarette butts , why do smokers think that's okay but the drink cup or the sandwich bag they have they will walk and place in the garbage?

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
9. I just assumed that smokers have a special exemption from littering laws.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:00 PM
Jun 2014




And what's with throwing cigarette butts out of car windows? What do they assume is going to happen to them? Selfish assholes.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
16. I don't smoke, never did but people who smoke at the beach, it did not bother me.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:14 PM
Jun 2014

How they disposed of the cigarette butts did, a great deal. I don't recall ever seeing a sign
suggesting they put them in a bag to dispose of when they leave the beach..like you would
your remains from taking your lunch to the beach, etc.

The Cape has some of the most beautiful beaches, lets keep them that way.

My favorite beach is in Wellfleet....Cahoon Hollow.

Vox Moi

(546 posts)
18. The real issue here is Air Pollution
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:25 PM
Jun 2014

The war on smoking is approaching the level of a crusade. Ok … I have no real problem with that but when it gets to the level of a witch hunt something is wrong.
I was camping in a state park last weekend and there were numerous campfires in the vicinity, all stoked with firewood that is for sale on site. The smoke permeated the entire campground and was just as noxious to me as any other kind of second-hand smoke.
In fact, the amount of smoke generated by a single campfire is far, far larger than burning a whole carton of cigarettes.
Shall we ban campfires in public parks and beaches too? How about charcoal grills? Are they any less self-indulgent than smoking?
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Narrowing the focus on cigarettes (presumably pipes and cigars as well) in the face of far more significant sources of pollution is more about being politically correct than environmentally conscious.

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