Have you ever been to the beach, your lying there relaxing reading a book when all of a sudden you get hit in the face and mouth with disgusting cigarette smoke from someone sitting down wind from you at the beach?

Have you ever gone to put down your towels and put your umbrella up only to find cigarette butts buried in the sand? 

People go to the beach to get fresh air and enjoy the ocean and the beach with kids, friends and family.

They don't go to get mouths full and lungs full of secondary cigarette smoke from people who sit on the beach smoking.

Smokers litter our beaches with butts which children could pick up and which could further pollute our oceans.

in 2014 Woollahra Council banned smoking on all public beaches.

in 2006 Tasmania banned smoking in all public places.

I am seeking Sutherland Shire Council to follow Woollahra Councils steps and ban smoking on our beaches.

Thanks.