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Beach-Park Smoking Ban takes a Step in Carlsbad
News – Three years after a group of students asked the Carlsbad City Council to ban smoking at the city's beaches and parks, the council unanimously directed staff members last night to draft such an ordinance.
A ban on smoking at the beach in my area several years back wasn't prompted by health concerns, it was prompted by the fact that cigarette butts were the number one source of litter raked out of the sand every couple days. I'm sure that the parks are the same way.
Wait a minute. Carlsbad is concerned about smoking on the beach & parks, but not about renting a public school facility to the Mexican Consult for passing out Mexican fake IDs to illegal immigrants?
A ban on smoking at the beach in my area several years back wasn't prompted by health concerns, it was prompted by the fact that cigarette butts were the number one source of litter raked out of the sand every couple days. I'm sure that the parks are the same way.