Jump to full article: New York Times, 2009-09-28
Author: Barbra Gamble
Intro: Re "Proposal of Smoking Ban Stirs a Sense of Tolerance" (news article, Sept. 16):
The construction workers interviewed in your article likened a proposed ban on smoking in parks to ticketing people for their perfume or body odor.
But the smells of perfume and body odor are annoying but not toxic.
Day after day in Manhattan I see selfish smokers throw their half-finished cigarettes onto the street, polluting the air (and my lungs) longer than necessary. Are they so lazy (and selfish) that they can't stamp them out first with their feet? . . .
Their "rights" should cease when they infringe on the rights of others.
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