Speaks Out
By Daily Bruin Staff
Oct. 27, 2003 9:00 p.m.
Do you think smoking should be banned on public beaches?
Brandon Jeong
Fifth-year, mechanical engineering
“I think it is OK if they ban smoking at beaches. I just want
them to create designated smoking areas, like they have at
airports, where people can smoke.”
Laura Chrupp
Third-year, psychobiology
“I think that banning smoking in public areas is really good.
(In the past) it has done a lot to improve public health. I do not
get out to the beach much, so I do not know how bad the littering
is.”
James Lee
Fifth-year, aerospace engineering
“I have no problem with them banning smoking at beaches.
There are trash cans at the beaches, but nobody bothers to pick up
their butts.”
Oscar Chu
Fifth-year, electrical engineering
“I really have no problem with people smoking on public
beaches.”
Jarrell Anthro
Fourth-year, anthropology
“It’s a public space like a park. I don’t care if
people smoke on the beach. My dad smokes; I smoke. … It becomes
an issue of too much control (by the government).”
Compiled by Roman Barbalot, Photos by Nicholas Weston-Swan,
Mike Chien/Daily Bruin Senior Staff
