The idea, as always, is to find more Revenues, via fines for smoking. I'm sure we've ALL seen the abundance of Radar Traps and other means of assessing Fines (a big Revenue source for communities and the State). I know that in a LOT of places, they've started fining cigarette butt tossers in the neighborhood of $150 for throwing a single butt out the window of your car. I don't condone littering, either, but I sure see a LOT more McD's wrappers and coffee carryout cups littering the highway, than I do cigarette butts. (Nothing is more disgusting than having a driver empty his ashtray on the parking lot next to his car at a mall, etc.)
I would like to see them FINE those women who wear $1/quart perfume for air pollution, myself.
My live experience is that smokers are generally highly inconsiderate of others.
I’m not looking to start a flame war here, just stating what I’ve observed.
In fact, every smoker I see while driving always disposes of their cigarette out the window.