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Ok calling Rick Baber to justify sucking in several psi's of carbon monoxides. The sad thing is those butts have a life span of 1200 years under current conditions.
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What in the name of Phillip Morris is sidestream smoke? I hate parks, ban what you will in them......I get all the park I need at www.youronlinepark.com. I hit that site, light up, get buck naked, open all 6 in my virtual 6-pack and get ready for some all girl nude volleyball.

Real parks are so 90s......

Absolutely spot on. We regulate nudity, noise, and glass containers without a second thought. Why is it our policy makers have trouble with the Surgeon General's, "no safe exposure to secondhand smoke"? And litter? You want to keep broken glass out of the pool? Keep bottles off of the patio.
Public tobacco use is a subsidy for a predatory rogue industry.
Tobacco free space protects nonsmokers, helps smokers quit, and is the example to youth that nicotine addiction is neither normal nor desirable.

With apologies in advance to DBI.
I suggest a large room be created with no exhaust so smokers can all achieve the Nirvana they desire, at a much faster rate. That would be the first "victory" in the War on Drugs!
Sorry, I am just feeling nasty today.

I think even the Inchman realizes that the villain here is not the smoker but the industry that profits. The industry that calls children "replacement smokers". The industry that funds Keep America Beautiful to organize more free clean ups and add butt cans hence encouraging public smoking. The industry that pays Miss Arkansas to tell school children that smoking is an adult choice as if you could find a better way to get kids to want to smoke. Even though 10 years after the tobacco industry pledged to not market to children 9 out of 10 nicotine addicts still begin as teens. The industry that was convicted of racketeering and fruad for 5 decades of deceit and manipulation of law and the public opinion. Our accomadation for the predation of the tobacco cartel does no one any favors except the tobacco cartel. Riverfest should get with the program and quit paying for big tobacco's continued profit in dollars and lives.

Pardon all the lame assed spelling, please.

Being proactive...that's great news! The City of Little Rock and its Parks and Recreation Department have the opportunity to help protect the health of all parks users as it promote living a healthy lifestyle. We have walking and biking trails, the Little Rock Marathon and many other health focused activities associated with our city parks. We even have the "Medical Mile" right in the midst of Riverfront Park. A non-smoking parks policy makes sense.

Remember, a non-smoking policy does not take away the rights of smokers, they can still smoke, but it protects the health of our children and other non-smokers. Everyone has the right to breathe clean air.