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# Santa Monica Smoking letter has activist steaming
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-smoking-letter-has-activist-steaming-editor/
- Published: 2004-03-17T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:02:16.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Pier, #archive-import

As a longtime health and tobacco control advocate, I must express my disagreement in the letter, opinion, and position expressed by Brian Gray, (SMDP, March 15, page 4).

Mr. Gray talks and asserts a smoker’s civil rights. There is no such thing as a smoker’s civil rights. Smoking is not a right.

Mr. Gray needs to check his grey matter because what he says, believes, and asserts is not based in fact or reality.

Mr. Gray reveals his lack of understanding and lack of credibility given his references to the Redondo Beach and Santa Barbara Pier fires.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 17, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/031704.pdf?ref=smdp.com)