Smoking in Bremerton

For whatever reason, Bremerton has an excessive number of smokers. Everywhere I go in the city, I smell cigarette smoke and cigarette butts litter the sidewalks. Someone once told be that Bremerton residents smoke so much because of the bad weather, but Bremerton's weather is no better or worse than other Puget Sound cities.

 My own feeling is that the cigarette plague is related to the Naval Base that gave Bremerton life. Because of the machismo nature of military life, smoking might seem daring and exciting.I wish every smoker could see how nasty,dirty, and inconsiderate tobacco use actually is.