Reply #31: Exactly.

[Cats Against Frist]

That's what I'm saying. Outside is big. I can see banning smoking in amphitheater seats, or stadiums, because people may have an assigned seat, or there may be limited seating. People cannot get up and move. We're talking about, however, beaches, and parks and sidewalks, where, only creepy-ass people that you don't know and stalkers are getting close to you enough to smell your smoke.

If someone is sitting on a park bench, and I want to have a cigarette, I'm not going to go plop down next to them, and light up. Even though I think they'd have to be crazy to be bothered by it, I still wouldn't do it. I might, however, sit on an unoccupied bench, and have a cigarette. If someone needs to get within 10 feet of me, then that's their problem, and their choice. If someone's walking by, and they're bothered by it, IMHO they need counseling.