Wrightsville's beaches are disgusting and I rarely ever go there. There's nothing but cigarette butts as far as you can see and walk, a few feet deep. It's litter, plain and simple, and "the smokers" have no one to blame for this ban under consideration except themselves. I've never seen anything like it outside of this area, and Wrightsville Beach is hardly the only beach where people smoke. I guess most other places, smokers aren't such filthy litter bugs.