LA Bans Beach Smoking

The City of Los Angeles is to ban smonking on its most popular public beaches. It will act together with its neighbor Santa Monica in an action to create a 20-kilometer stretch of smoke-free eaterfront, officials said Wednesday. The city councile approved the measure and the mayor has indicated that he intends to sign the legislation. Proponents of the ban say smoking on beaches poses health risks, such as exposure to second-hand smoke and poisoning from cigarette butts that release toxins into the sand and water.
There are also the aesthetic and economic issues posed by discarded cigarette butts. Environmental groups list these as the most common form of litter found on beaches. Were it not for constant and costly efforts by city work crews to remove them, the city's beaches would long ago have become nothing more than enormous ashtrays. California has led the US in anti-smoking legislation, with many states and cities following its lead in banning smoking in public spaces, workplaces and restaurants.

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The Los Angeles will company with Santa Monica to create a smoke-free eaterfront. That's all because smoking cause health risks. It also lead a popular action to ban smokeing in public spaces.

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When I saw this article, I immediately decided to share this one. As far as I am concerned, smoking is the worst behavior in the world. When someone is smoking, he not only hurts everyone’s health but also pollutes the environment. Why do we have to stand them? Shouldn’t we make the rules to ban the action? I think in the public space you should not smoke, because you also have to respect those who don’t smoke. In my university, there are always a lot of people gathering the doors to smoke. In the fact, every time I see they are smoking, and I want to slap them. Sorry, I am too rude. But when can we have the fresh air?