No Smoking at Chicago Beaches?

The Chicago Park District has a rule against smoking at the beach. The rule is silly when you consider the immense amount of smoke put out by people allowed to cook over open fires in the parks.

This hot coal receptacle had a fire burning in on Saturday, June 28 at Loyola Park, adjacent to the lakefront of the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. Heavy smoke that smelled of burning plastic engulfed a good portion of the beach front. The receptacles are supposed to be for hot coals only, but people commonly put other trash into them.