The “preventing forest fires” excuse is just that - an excuse.
I’ve never seen a fire started from smoking, but I have seen them start after some dummy threw a lit butt into the new mulch in my neighborhood.
So the problem is not smoking, it’s improper disposal.
When I go on hikes I tend to use an extra water bottle, only filled half way, to put my butts in.
But that will never be good enough apparently.
There are several beaches in Florida that ban smoking. No fire threat there! It’s always the 2nd hand smoke b.s..
The big “2nd hand smoke” study in the 90’s used folks who were spouses of smokers that smoked inside. Extrapolating that to the outside is b.s. period.
A good pass-time would be to go to these places and get busted. Requires pro-bono attorney and lots of free time I guess.
I have no idea what you’re talking about.
>>2nd hand smoke” study in the 90’s
If it is bad in your living room, it’s certainly worse outdoors.
After all, the atmosphere is the living room for ALL of us.
-chuckle-