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To: Lane3 who wrote (27251)	8/29/2006 9:53:27 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541805

I think the rationale is what it is for other acts. Public drinking isn't allowed (for example)- at least not in my town. Smokers are doing the same thing- self administering a drug to themselves. What's the difference between drinking (and I'm not talking about being drunk), and public smoking? Seems if you are going to regulate one, you can regulate the other.

To: Lane3 who wrote (27251)	8/29/2006 10:30:04 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541805

What is ugly about going after outdoor smoking is that it is trivial so what's the rationale for doing it? The problem of "outdoor smoking" is variable. Our local library is an illustration. Once smoking was banned in the library, employees and patrons who wished to smoke went to an area just outside the front door to puff away. After a while it became obvious that the lingering outside smoke was pulled into the library each time the door opened. On a windy day, no problem; on a very still day, problem for that end of the library. The children's section of the library was just two steps down from that entrance. So no more smoking just outside the library door. There is also a movement to ban smoking in the small, public park which is just across the parking lot from the library. The argument there is that the centerpiece of the park is a rather large sandbox, playground area for younger children.