I think this is a little over the top.
I can understand not smoking around children in a play area, but banning smoking in all parks?
I agree, the park is a area for relaxing and enjoying yourself taking in the 'fresh air' whilst walking the mother in law/dog?
I realise how filthy and disgusting my smoke is when I'm around non smokers,I also realise it can be smelt from quite some distance but it's outside where we're exposed to car fumes etc surely a bit of fag smokes not that big a deal?
My point is that the air outside isn't fresh in the first place. In fact is so full of toxins that a bit of fag smoke should be the the least of your worries if your of the worrying type.i just don't see the need to ban it in outdoor places because some may not like the smell.
I don't enjoy the smell of some folk that get on public transport in fact there are a few things folk do that annoy me but I wouldn't dream of trying to ban them.There has to be a certain amount of live and let live, because if you start banning things because they annoy people you'd have to ban everything (myself included)
