Dear Editor:
As a smoker of more than 30 years, I realize the detrimental heath issues it has on my health and others that I smoke around. I do not walk down Lonsdale with a smoke hanging out of my mouth as I would have maybe 10 or even five years ago.
I smell others smoking when I’m not and, honestly, it is rank. I only smoke at home now, not even in my truck because I know how offensive it is to others. But to implement a $1 tax as our mayor wants to implement is absurd.
I can’t even find a garbage can walking from 23rd to 14th Streets on Lonsdale Avenue that will even accept my walkable McDonald’s meal. I’m on the go all the time and eat on the go. After that, I like to have a smoke. Where are the receptacles?
To implicate another tax on us smokers just because the city can’t afford decent receptacles is outrageous.
Ian Godenzie
North Vancouver
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