Smoking has been banned from the outside grounds of Lakes Region Community College for like ten years or so. What this state school that is located in Laconia has is a designated outdoor smoker's gazebo which is large enough for about ten smokers at once. It has a cigarette butt deposit that is a water-filled, plastic container with a long spout.
Possibly, the Laconia city council could take a look at the smokers' gazebo at LRCC and consider if they want to have something similar at Weirs Beach.
Supposedly, 20% of american adults are smokers, down from 50%, fifty years ago. Can you recall hearing the radio & tv advertising lines: "I'd walk a mile for a Camel.,' "I'd rather fight than switch,' "L S M F T - Lucky Strike means fine tobacco," " Salem - take a puff, and it is spring time," "Winston's taste good, like a (knock-knock) cigarette should!"
