Breathe easy new yorkers!

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has recently declared that he wants to take New Yorks fight on tobacco smoke to the cities public parks and beaches. This is an interesting notion because of the fact that, just like in restaurants and bars (whose smoking privilages were revoked in 1995), these are in fact public places which are used by smokers and non smokers alike. New York is unique to many places in the United States because there are so many people in such a small area. This means that the nearly one million smokers in New York City must start to change their habits if they plan to smoke recreationally (wether it be while walking their dog or sunbathing at the shore). One big arguement for this law would be that since smoking was banned in bars and restaurants in 1995 smokers have been steadily reducing. Smokers have gone down 21% since 2002.