There's a tree in the parking lot of Alta California Regional Center that is called the smoking tree. It doesn't smoke but it seems to attract those who do. For several years now, the Regional Center has had a strict no-smoking policy that extends to the entire grounds of the Center. So why is an employee or visitor who pulls into the parking lot greeted with this impressive display of butts?
It's not so much a matter of principle as a matter of practicality. We've tried taking away any encouragement to smoke, such as this ash tray/trash can but then the ground gets littered with butts. We're tried patrolling the area. The smokers move to a nearby bus stop shelter and make it a severe health hazard.
So the ash tray remains and the butts remain.
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