Avoid Turning Streets into Personal Ashtrays
CPP'd on January 28th, 2008Posted in Environmental, Health & Nutrition |
The new law in Israel prohibiting smoking in public areas and restaurants means one step closer to cleaner, greener living, right?
Not exactly, walk by any coffee shop in Tel Aviv and the first thing you will notice are dozens of cigarette butts surrounding the area.
Why is this happening? Restaurant owners are prohibiting smoking anywhere on restaurant property (including tables outside) and requesting that their customers smoke just outside the property line before returning to their tables.
The result? City sidewalks and curbs are turning into heavily littered personal ashtrays.
“Yeah, but what could I possible do about it?”
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