What this would do would be to give police another tool to disperse vagrants and loiterers.  I smoked cigarettes from age 16 to 40, then quit cold turkey when the price went up to 75 cents a pack.  I smoked a carton a week, and I reckoned that to be too spendy, plus I understood the health risks.  Now I can't stand the smell of burning tobacco.

My big gripe is groups of people taking over benches and picnic tables, throwing butts on the ground, along with drinking and loutish behavior.  I think that sort of thing ruins our beautiful parks for most everyone else.  Those people can go somewhere else to do their thing, someplace where they aren't ruining a peaceful afternoon in the park for families with the children along.