[Patty55]

[quote=Serenoa;562030]It'll be disappointing to see public areas littered with cigarette butts, and intolerable if we have to breathe 2nd hand smoke while dining in any of the restaurants.

Of course you or anyone else has the right to smoke in your home or designated areas, but please don't deny those of us that choose not to our right to clean air, clean streets & clean sidewalks. Somehow I don't think that's an unreasonable request.[/I have taken the liberty of snipping your post

I take it you have never even been here, this place is hardly littered. What I do take offense to is your pre-judgements and "requests".

If breathing second hand smoke in designated smoking areas is unacceptable then perhaps this is not the place for you. Smoking is allowed in most outdoor seating areas.

Your pre-conceptions and criticisms are offensive to me because this is my home. I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate my pre-conceptions of your home.

[Patty55]

Originally Posted by Posh 08

Once I get settled in down there I'm going to organize the Butt Pickers Clubs.

PM me when you're ready, I'll join in.

[Hank N Judy]

Originally Posted by anarick

How about banning cigarette smoking all together in TV?
Smokers can smoke in their homes or designated areas through out the villages.
It may be difficult at first but it may help reduce the butts.

Good luck with that. Smoking is prohibed in the sqs. Ever notice how many are smoking there anyway? Who is going to enforce it?
Cancer usually solves the problem after a while.

[Golfingnut]

lets not argue, butt rather find a happy medium. LOL Even people that smoke know how nasty it is, butt until more sensible laws are passed it is something we have to live with. Smokers are contributing tons of money to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. They pay into these programs just like the rest of us and then they die long before we do so we should thank them and not ridicule them. They also pay an enormous tax for every carton they buy that goes toward the national debt. So, rather than condemn, lets give them a national holiday in appreciation of their life ending sacrifice to those of us that take advantage of those programs by living much longer without paying any more than a smoker.

Its all in how you look at it.