I was at the hockey game this past weekend, where you? If you were, did you work your way through the smoke outside the entrance?
I remember when I sat on Council, we passed a progressive piece of legislation that outlawed smoking on all town owned property –
including the stadium and stadium grounds. At around the
same time, several other government departments
and agencies, as well as some privately owned shopping malls, also adopted policies outlawing smoking on their properties.
It seemed like the thing to do.
Since that time I have seen this rule made a mockery of time
and time again – not just at the stadium but virtually everywhere that adopted
the policy.
Like many of the rules that are made, I wonder if they are
made more to “look’ like some organization is being progressive rather than
actually being progressive. Old habits
die hard, both for the organizations that make the rules and for those who
choose to ignore the rules.
Now I'm not out to make criminals out of smokers, but if we make the no-smoking rule we have to be prepared to educate on it and enforce it. The upshot of it all is that we either have to stop wasting
our time with such “legislative puffery” that we have neither intention nor
capacity to enforce, or we back up our intentions with continuous education and
enforcement.
In the meantime, we’ll be continuing to pass smokers having
a relaxing puff just outside of stadium, and the playgrounds, and at work, and the
mall.
Smoking is very bad habit an it should be given up as it is killing thing..Vaporizers are the best substitute product for quiting smoke..
ReplyDeleteA perfect and one way to quit smoking is the use of herb vaporizers, a safe and natural way to get out of this habit..
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