Thread: No Smoking in NSW National Parks

I may Be hopelessly wrong , but I thought National Parks belonged to ALL Australians. I do not smoke any more but I cant see any thing wrong with people who are stupid enough to still do it (Except for their litter and the fire risks. I guess that is where all this stems from

Sure they do, but so too do Hospitals, Schools, Police Stations, Prisons, Railway Stations and trains, Bus Stops and Buses, and Taxi Ranks, and you can't smoke there either (well, prisons from next year).

Originally Posted by worane

I may Be hopelessly wrong , but I thought National Parks belonged to ALL Australians.

That is probably right, but that does not mean that all Australian can enter and do as they please.

They are not allowed to cut down trees, damage signs, or drive in closed off areas.

Any smokers who claim that smoking doesn't affect others or the environment has obviously not read the article linked in the first post.

For example:
Cigarette butts contain hazardous chemicals such as nicotine, cadmium, arsenic and lead that are partially filtered out during smoking. When a butt is discarded, these chemicals leach into the environment, contaminating our waterways and land.
Cigarette butts contain over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known carcinogens such as ammonia, nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide and arsenic.
Cigarette butts are made from cellulose acetate, a form of plastic. They aren't made from cotton wool or paper.
Cigarette butts can also be ingested by our wildlife, wash into waterways, and spoil the beauty of our natural places.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

NSW Ministry of Health facilities have been smoke free zones for the last decade. The angst it created with smokers made it neigh on impossible to enforce, the staff who were required to enforce the ban were constantly getting abused for doing their job as required by the MoH.

In the last few months dedicated outdoor smoking areas have been re-instated.

Now NP&WS may have bush fire prevention and reduction of toxic waste in the park rather than the health of the park visitors as their aim, but I fear they will get the same resistance. The only difference is that park rangers probably wont hesitate to issue the fines.

At our local Junior Rugby League Club we found hoses and buckets of water quite effective when used outdoors around the spectator areas. "Oh, sorry. We thought you were on fire." A solution for recalcitrant smokers in the indoors bar was to have a very large footballer take the cigarette from the offender and extinguish it in their drink.

After half a season everyone from a visiting club knew not to smoke there.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

At our local Junior Rugby League Club we found hoses and buckets of water quite effective when used outdoors around the spectator areas. "Oh, sorry. We thought you were on fire." A solution for recalcitrant smokers in the indoors bar was to have a very large footballer take the cigarette from the offender and extinguish it in their drink.

After half a season everyone from a visiting club knew not to smoke there.

Not overly subtle....but I can see it being effective.

Originally Posted by Tote

Expensive, too many rules, most areas fenced off, does anyone go into NSW national parks anyway?

ha, i was just thinking the same about SA.
but i guess these rules are there for a reason. people keep destroying the park.

Well done for teaching your club and the young that assault, is the best way, to solve a problem. We'll done in improving the skill of bullish way's. You should be very pleased with you're self. But I feel sorry for the message you sent to the young.

We will probably be wondering what all those people are doing with their heads in camp fires . LOL
Just roasting marshmallows officer.
Regards Philip A