[SML] polystyrene decoration on fire again

[Richard Niederberg]

In So. California, particularly in LA, people are no longer reluctant to
say "Yes, I do mind if you Smoke", and they post signs on the outside of
the buildings instructing persons not to smoke within 20 feet of an open
door or window.
/s/ Richard
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On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Jon Ares via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Pat Kight via Stagecraft
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> > I vote for "differences across regions." Here in the PNW, which led the
> > nation in banning smoking in public places - including many parks -
> smokers
> > are pretty uniformly polite, if not downright paranoid. Many carry
> > containers (empty Altoids tins work) to dispose of butts, or else
> carefully
> > field strip them and dispose of the filters in waste receptacles. We know
> > how to pace out the 20 feet we're required to stand from any public
> doorway.
> > And I can't remember the last time I saw anyone toss a butt from a car
> > window, especially in our current prolonged drought.
>
>
> I think we must be in different states of "Oregon." :)  I'll confirm
> your description is not the norm up north here. Butts everywhere....
> lit cigs tossed out the windows (and I've witnessed the initial
> flame-ups on the interstate median first-hand)... dumping their ashes
> out the windows while driving, or at stoplights.  (Today's cars don't
> come with ashtrays anymore, so there might be a correlation.) Not much
> in the way of cigarette receptacles outside of buildings, around here.
> (If you don't offer a receptacle, folks won't smoke, right?)   :)
>
>  - Jon
>
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/s/ Richard
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