Second hand smoke?

Question

Why is it that so many non-smokers (or ex-smokers) can get so worked up about second hand smoke? Doesn't anyone else seem to have a problem with the factories, oil refineries, dump trucks, garbage trucks, cars without mufflers, etc. that belch out thick, black, noxious fumes and smoke all day, every day? It just seems to me that so many people get really uptight when it comes to second hand smoke. (Obviously, this doesn't apply to people who live with a smoker and are around it all the time.) I'm referring mainly to people who stay away from places which allow smoking...basically people who just walk by someone smoking outside and freak out about it/fan the air and fake cough, making an *** of themselves.

Really...how often are you in an enclosed space with a smoker (or smokers) with no ventilation for long periods of time? Probably not often. How often do you breathe the exhaust-tainted air outside? I would guess every day!

I currently don't smoke (quit over 5 years ago), but I remember how it was when people fanned the air, forced themselves to cough, etc. I'd like to know what exactly it is they're trying to accomplish by doing this. When that happened to me, I'd usually take a big hit off my cigarette and blow it in their direction. Normally, though, I tried to be a courteous smoker...never smoked when I went out with non-smoking friends, stayed over in my own little corner when I smoked outside at work, washed the smell of smoke off my hands after smoking, etc.

Answer 1

This is a great question!

The UN (World Health organization) did a study and concluded that second hand smoke was NOT particularly harmful to others. But that wan't the conclusion the radical nuts wanted because the world is run on agendas and emotions so it was pretty much ignored.

I am an ex-smoker and I know exactly the types you think of. I don't know why they do it! And again, this stuff is run on emotion not on logic so it is unexplainable.

But at least you pointed out how stupidly they behave.

Answer 2

I'm betting that you are a smoker. If you want to know the real facts about second hand smoke and have an open mind on the subject, I recommend that you read this report published by the Office of Air and Radiation which is a unit in the Environmental Protection Agency. Keep in mind while you read this report that it was created by the same government that refuses to prohibit the sale of cigarettes even though they cause cancer and other fatal chronic conditions. Why do they continue to allow the sale of these items?? For your personal freedom...no, because of the economic (money) they get from the production and taxations of the sale of cigarettes.

http://quitsmoking.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=quitsmoking&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epa.gov%2Fsmokefree%2Fpubs%2Fstrsfs.html

Answer 3

i does no longer be conscious of something approximately that, i'm getting all my smoke on the instant from the source. First hand. as a methods as a results of fact the different human beings bypass, only call them Bob and throw them interior the pool. they'll savor the humour for a transformation, extremely of human beings constantly attempting to act phony.

Answer 4

What all these people need to is get in a closed place and all let out gas ,then they would love to smell smoke.

Answer 5

actually the air quality outside is usually better than in office buildings, the circulation in buildings is terrible, and the outside is actually cleaner than it was 40 yrs ago, you only are on a tirade because you are a smoker. grow up, and stop your addiction

Answer 6

Right. They get too crazy over it, while ignoring worst things.