THE LUNGS OF THE CITY - NEW YORK BANS OUTDOOR SMOKING....

THIS IS BULLSHIT!!

Now how am I going to fully enjoy my Petron Silver/Orange gatorade cocktail on the beach!!??

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Smoking in New York City's parks, beaches, boardwalks, pedestrian plazas and other public spaces will be banned from May 23 despite complaints about excessive meddling by government in people's private lives.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed the legislation on Tuesday after the city council voted 36 to 12 in favor of the smoking restrictions earlier this month. The law extends the city's existing ban on smoking in restaurants and bars.
"Frederick Law Olmsted hailed public parks as the 'lungs of the city' - a haven where one could escape the overcrowded, noisy and polluted streets," Bloomberg said in a statement. "We need to ensure that our public spaces provide just that - a healthy place in which to relax and enjoy the surroundings."
New York joins Chicago and San Francisco with initiatives fighting second-hand smoke in public places.
New York City's parks department will enforce the ban, which said it would give a warning before issuing a $50 fine. Police will not enforce the ban.
"This is tyranny, rationalized by a lie," said Audrey Silk, director of New York Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment. "That second hand smoke is harming anybody outside is an absolute lie."
She said that her organization plans to organize an outdoor "smoke-in" on May 23.

How about fining ALL the people who wear disgusting amounts of perfume and cologne in public places?

Go after ALL the people that live off the system who eat and dress better than me?
PEOPLE WHO LITTER!
People who have annoying USELESS LOUD conversations on their cell phones in public?

But no, I cant smoke while im getting my tan, relaxing at the beach....BULLSHIT!