Wow CBS, I was making a good point and this page just refreshed for no reason. Ridiculous.

Bloomberg is the best nanny I’ve ever had! Thanks Nanny Bloomberg!

So this page refreshes and blows out the commets as someone is writing? Real smart CBS.

Smokers rights? Are you kidding me? If you want to slowly kill yourselves it’s really none of my business but the rest of the world shouldn’t have to suffer just because you need an excuse to go talk outside of a bar for 5 minutes. Give me a break!

That’s great. I would be happy if they would ban smoking from the planet earth. It’s nasty and stinks.

My next quality of life initiative is something that I think we can all get behind:

NO FAT CHICKS

YES! Can’t wait to be able to breathe again!
Smokers suck!

Why dont they just changing laws to benift either goverment or states. WHY is legal to smoke in AC casino, but you cant smoke anywhere else in the state. Some states allow motor bike with no helemets. SC, NH, but yet we need to wear seat belts. You want to know…its all about money..They need to make money off us someway or another. http://WWW.KRIEGSVIEW.com for the 2011 propsed tax laws. And you can talk about all corruption that you want.. i am sick of all the corruption…Cmon people lets do something about it…NOW

@City Mom, What entitle you to trample the rights of others in public places?. Ever heard of common courtesy? Parks are paid by taxes, if smokers are banned, then they have the reciprocal right NOT paying for taxes to fund parks exclusively for your kids.

This is bad for tourism, as smoking is a integral part of many cultures in the world. Are we going to criminalize tourists due to our overly zealous Mayor?

Mayoe Blunderberg and his “Quality Of Life” issues. He should pay more attention to the hunger, homeless and crime problems in the city and stop stealing peoples rights.

No smoking at beaches or parks? Then you would have to ban all fossil fueled vehicles as well because they give off smoke. In fact, air pollution is the number one killer world-wide, not cigarette or cigar smoke. Tax the gasoline at the same rate as you tax tobacco products and you would see a REAL war on your hands You can’t smoke in most buildings but you are allowed to drive your car in the very same building (indoor parking)! The second-hand smoke theory has never been proven scientifically!
If non-smokers find it so offensive, maybe they should be banned from the beaches and parks.

When this power hungry Mayor is done with smokers, he’ll be coming for your vices…. soda, chips, idling vehicles, cutting down trees, pick your poison. Be careful how much you rally behind the Bum-berg.

@Evelyn

“how about we do away with alcohol completely in the state of NY?”

I think you are on to something there! No more innocent people killed by drunk drivers, a hell of a lot less battered spouses and children and less assaults in general.

I think banning alcohol would be wonderful proposal. We need to get this idea heard.

Why are they just targeting the smokers? Its hypocritical.
When was the last time you required police assistance because someone was violent, lude. or putting their lives or the lives of others in jeopardy because they were under the influence of nicotine?
Point again. If you want to target one group,. then lets do them both and target the drinkers as well and make consuming alcohol illegal in NY!

People complain about cigarette butts? What about the bottles littering the beaches, hwys and parks? Dont be a half way hypocrite. More people cause deaths and injuries from alcohol than from second hand smoke every year so how about we do away with alcohol completely in the state of NY? You cost the taxpayers too much money!
How about all the moms using cell phones with the kids in the car? Breaking the law and causing accidents and injuries, not to mention that the kids witness them breaking the law all the time!

Exactly, all these garbage laws do nothing except give the city yet another way to extract more money out of ordinary citizens. Perhaps they should imit the number of bicycles in the park to reduce the number of pedestrian injuries or not allow food in the park to reduce littering. These laws are just feel good tactics and do nothing to promote public safety.

“Smoker’s Rights”?? Are you people for real? What about the rights of the NON-smokers and their children who are forced to inhale your dangerous and toxic air? This ban is a necessary action because we cannot count on the civility and common sense of people who light up right next to our kids in the parks.

Bloomberg – NY should have gotten rid of this clown – he’s ruined this city in more ways that I can discuss here and now. Banning smoking at parks and beaches? Are you kidding? Has he nothing better to do? All he wants is to chase the poor and middle class out of New York with a new idea on how to TAX people, and generate incomes through FINES – this bann is just a new way to write TICKETS – they have quotas on cops for traffic tickets, and a host of other tickets, wake up, people. It’s NOT about smoking, it’s about earning more money for the city.

can i repost it on f/b

Good riddance! It serves them right.
If smokers put a bit of thought as to where the lit up didn’t throw their used butts all over the place this wouldn’t be happening.
The truth is that most smokers would light up in the public library and put there butt out on floor if there was no laws to prevent them from doing so.
Way to go Bloomy!

Good riddance! It serves them right.
If smokers put a bit of thought as to where the lit up didn’t throw their used butts all over the place this wouldn’t be happening.
The truth is that most smokers would light up in the public library and put there butt out on floor if there was no laws to prevent them from doing so.
Way to go Bloomy!

Asmoker whibes that smokers are being treated as criminals. You ARE criminals. You kill large numbers of people with your secondhand smoke.

Smoker’s rights? The right to litter? Cigarette buttes are the most littered item in the U.S. How about we start enforcing these $1000 littering fines? Since littering is a crime, then smokers should be considered criminals, because all of you do it.

Yeah “staunchly anti-tobacco mayor” but he loves his cigars. Had the chance of seeing him at the reopening of a cigar club in Manhattan,hypocrite!

I think it’s time for a new mayor …I would never cast a vote for this man … Where is the smokers rights ? It is getting out of hand now and so is he !