WAVE OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE SWEEPS CALIFORNIA

MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF THE NECESSITY OF FREQUENT UNDERBRUSH BURNING TO LIMIT WILDFIRE SEVERITY, A PUBLIC SERVICE ONCE PROVIDED BY COUNTLESS SMOKERS. AS SODA STRAWS FOLLOW FREE MATCHES INTO EXTINCTION IN CALIFORNIA, OWING TO THE RISE OF COMMUNITIES WITH COMPLETE SMOKING BANS, LIKE CALABASAS, WHERE KIM KARDASIAN RESIDES, CULTURAL STUDIES COMPARING SMOKER REPRESSION, CLIMATE CHANGE & WILDFIRE INCREASE RATES IN THE ANTHROPOCENE MAY BE OVERDUE.