I have a question for smokers...serious and rational answers only please?

Question

I know many smokers. Most want to quit but a few say they are happy about smoking. Those few who are happy about smoking feel oppressed and even angry about the non smoking ads. my question is this. When discussing rights for smokers and non smokers...I think that saying you have the right to smoke in public is the same as saying you have the right to pee in a public swimming pool. I want to get die hard smokers opinions about this and only this..."Smoking in public is just as invasive as peeing in a public pool". Thanks

Answer 1

I don't think he's trying to compare the hygene between smoking in public and peeing in a public pool...I think it's the principle that he's asking about. Those of you commenting on the hygene aspect of it are just trying too hard to avoid giving an honest answer to a very sensible question. For you guys who say 2nd hand smoke isn't harmful???? You guys are just lost in your own denial.

Answer 2

My guess is that you are a miltant non-smoker and that works for you.
I've been smoking for 40 years and my mom is 80 and still smokes and we both have masters degrees, so that's my pedigree.

I prefer to be a polite smoker, I don't want to offend anyone.

I think my objection in general is people with agendas who push legislation through at all costs because of their belief system. Meaning the end justified the means, no matter what.

The "second hand" smoke information may be true, but when it first came out it was used as evidence when in fact the work done was very dodgy.

The same agenda pushers are the one's who believe in "taxing sin" by jacking up the costs on cigarettes and booze. There has been talk jacking up the tax on junk food, honest!

I think smokers yielded pretty gracefully from smoking in public places. The bar scene is unfortuante as the owners objected to a law being forced onto their own establishment against their wishes.

And as to your metaphor, I'll respond with "smoking in public is just as invasive as singing an aria from an opera at a bus stop". Whatever, dude, you just think you've got a great line even if you did preface your question with a plea for a serious response.

Answer 3

Hi, I'm an ex smoker for 2 weeks. I love smoking, so why did I give up. Health and whealth? No! Because I was being criticised for my habit by car drivers. Smoking is not a kin to peeing in the swimming pool but more like peeing in the shower. Where as driving a car is like taking a dump in the pool.

Answer 4

Serious answers only, when you say it's like peeing in a public pool? Why not say it's the same as smearing feces on someone's face?

There's smoking in public, like in a smoking section in a restaurant, and there's smoking in public, like the guy sitting next to you on a subway.

I don't smoke, but I do think people have the right to. My problem is that they're putting smokers much much farther away from things like building entrances than is necessary. It's the overkill that bothers me...

...overkill like saying it's peeing in a public pool!

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Answer 5

I am a smoker for 13 years. And it is annoying not being able to smoke in public places, but I see why and I respect that we have learned if we go out and eat instead of relaxing after meal over a cig to go to the car and relax and smoke, doesnt stop us for doing anything differently. Actually I think its a smart step so others mainly children and older people dont have to breathe the toxins im putting in the air

Answer 6

It is very interesting how we get distracted so easily from real issues. If we want to address the problem of pollution, then why not deal with the real causes. I once had a conversation with a guy who said that he was so offended by smoking he thought it should not be allowed in public. I told him I agreed, and that we should really take this issue of pollution seriously, as it was clearly true that when he drove his "pick-up" truck to go skiing he put more pollution in the air in one trip than a smoker does in a whole year. Therefore, we should outlaw driving. It no doubt gives us comfort to pick on smokers and therefore feel like we are making a difference in the quality of our world, yet we are just being violent to some while not really paying attention to really important issues in our world.

Answer 7

It is invasive, but not as much as an enclosed room. I can understand the laws forbidding smoking in restaurants, bars, etc., but that's also like saying you can't breathe in public if you have bad breath... I know that doesn't affect other people's health, but still, it's controlling. I don't smoke around people when I'm outside. I move away from them.. And if I'm in the house, I have windows open, or I step outside...As for people who want to quit.. if they truly want to, they will. I've done it before.. And I'll do it again next year on October 7th...

Answer 8

Why? Did Gatorade all the sudden put an additive in the drink that makes you feel you can't go without peeing in a public pool?

Answer 9

I disagree with that statement, because it's comparing 2 different things.Now if the world we lived in was pollution free, i might agree with it, but it's not.The amount of pollution released into the air by driving a car is far greater that cigarette smoke.And then there's the issue of industrial air pollution.Cigarettes aren't responsible for that.So tell ya what.I'll stop smoking when everyone in the world stops driving, flying planes,buying products and services from companies that pollute the environment, and begins to eat only organic foods.

Answer 10

Well, I look at it like this. If I was there first, I'm gonna smoke, regardless of if someone comes along that doesn't like it and doesn't smoke. I was there first. Just because someone else comes along and they don't like it, they can get up off their butt and go somewhere else. I am a human being, I have rights just like everybody else. Human rights aren't just reserved for non smoking skinny people. And it's my right to smoke wherever I want as long as it's not illegal.