# It should be ilegal to smoke on the street.

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**Created:** [January 5, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-be-ilegal-to-smoke-on-the-street/566434 "2011-01-05T01:07:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-be-ilegal-to-smoke-on-the-street/566434/1 "2011-01-05T01:07:36Z")

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edited title: It should be illegal to smoke on the street.  
People should be free to walk the street without having to avoid offensive odors that are created purely for somebody else’s pleasure.

Smoking smells. When people walk on the street they cannot avoid having to smell a person’s smoke. If a person who is smoking is walking in front of another person, the other person cannot avoid getting the smell of smoke in her clothes and hair.

While not all smokers litter, enough do that cigarette butts are one of the most common forms of litter.

Smoking on the street is worse than smoking in bars or restaurants. People can choose to only go to non-smoking restaurants, but they do not have a meaningful choice about using the streets.

Smoking on the street should be outlawed.

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