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LETTER: No-smoking laws will only discourage tourist trade 

Jump to full article: Ft. Myers (FL) News-Press, 2003-10-17
Author: MARY L. WAITT, Fort Myers

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I disagree with the recommendation of the Smart Growth Committee to prohibit smoking on Lee County beaches. It is punitive and restrictive. Taxing cigarettes is not the solution either. A public service campaign to educate the public to pick up cigarette butts and dispose of them would be a better solution, just as was done with soft drink and beer cans and trash of any nature. Motto: “When you leave the beach, leave only your footsteps behind.”

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