why cant i smoke if i want to?

Question

with the exception of safety and health issues..

why should i not smoke because some anti-smoking Nazis (usually an Ex smoker)says so.

if the only person I`m endangering is myself whats your problem....

Answer 1

all the thumbs downs just prove your point....lol

as long as your not smoking anywhere that is dangerous eg a garage..whats the problem!

Maybe pubs should provide a Smoking room with extractor fans then its your choice if you go in...

Answer 2

If you are smoking alone then i have absolutely no issue with you smoking, should you feel the urge to. It becomes a problem when a non smoker is in the same enclosed space. The risks of passive smoking causing ill health are real and everyone should be able to enjoy their lives without their health being put at risk by anyone else's actions.
I can also see this from the views of a smoker (although i have never been one) you should have the right to make an informed adult decision. That is why i think designated smoking areas in public places would be better that a blanket ban. Rooms where people can smoke if they chose to would be a better idea for all.

Answer 3

I haven't read through the others yet but I bet you get a mixture of answers for and against. If you wish to smoke that is OK by me but you should do it where your smoke has no effect on anybody else. Apart from the health issue of breathing in secondary smoke, which has been proved to be a killer, there is the purely good manners issue. Smokers tend not to consider those around them and the effect their smoke has. People light up at the dinner table without asking if it is OK to do so. Most hosts are too polite to point out that they do not like smoking. Even in a bus queue, watching a football match or playing golf, the smoker can make life uncomfortable for those around them and never give it a thought. I can smell a cigarette at 100 paces in the open air and while it does little to harm my general health my nose closes up as if I have a cold. A smoker has the choice to smoke or not to smoke. Non smokers get little choice over the air they breathe in certain situations.
I do not go to pubs anymore as most of them still allow smoking in the bars. I shall start to visit them as soon as the new laws come into force next year.

Answer 4

To make an exception to the health and safety issues is comparable to saying why can't I fire off automatic weapons in crowded rooms. Well...other than the safety issue...there really isn't another reason. However, second hand smoke does pose health risks, and is frankly disgusting and shouldn't have to be tolerated by others who do not wish to endure it. If you would like to smoke in the privacy of your own home or vehicle that is fine with me. Although some could bring up the idea that your smoking will lead to sickness, which is an economic burden on society.

Answer 5

I think that health an safety is the ONLY exception. Any person who smells the smoke of a cigarette is damaging their health - no matter how small the amount. My question would be (which, yes, I may post later) is why would anyone want to line the pockets of some industry fat cats to help them kill themselves. You are a statistic to these people. They are laughing at you. Think what a fool you'd feel if you contracted cancer and had 3 months to live (like my grandfather did due to smoking). Stopping smoking is easy if you are mentally strong.

Answer 6

The problem with smoking is that you are not the only person you are endangering. You can do what ever you like to you own lungs, you are free to ignore the medical facts. But you have no right to inflict the consequences of your own addiction on others in the vicinity. If you are saying 'I want to smoke so I'm going to and I don't care what effect it may have on you', then I rather think that makes you the Nazi!

Answer 7

I totally agree with you mate. And to those anti smokers who say that they don't want to breath my second hand smoke I simply ask them if they drive a car. You see here is the point. I don't drive and I sure as hell don't want to be breathing in all the crap that comes out of the back of their cars!!! But when I ask them to stop driving their cars do they do it? Noooooo!

In Belfast, where I come from, going for a 1 hour run is equivalent to smoking 20 cigarettes a day thanks to the air pollution which primarily comes from cars!

And the thing about it is that there has been a direct relationship shown between the rise in Asthma and the removal of lead from petrol. The reason is that lead was replaced with a lung irritant known as Benzine. So I will stop blowing my smoke in their pathetic little faces when they stop driving their cars.

Answer 8

1) Unless you only smoke in a deserted field, you are harming others around you when you smoke
2) Given the known health risks, you are likely to need medical care for some of the nasty diseases you are likely to contract as a result of smoking. Unless you pay for private care for every treatment, you will be using facilities funded by everybody's tax money. Would you have much sympathy for a junkie being detoxed and cleaned out on your hard earned cash? Are you amused by the binge drinkier being stomach pumped (again) thanks to your tax for the last 12 months? Well, I'm not overly chuffed at forking out for cancer care for people who have pretty much gone out and deliberatley contracted it. I mean, you presumably don't habitually use a cheese grater to file down asbestos and inhale the dust, right?

It wouldn't be so bad if the health service was up to scratch - but beds are short, equipment is insufficient and waiting lists are ridiculous.

If this was not the case, I would agree with you, you can do what you like as long as it does not adversely affect others. However, smoking DOES affect others. As does drinking too much, eating crap and refusing to exercise. I'm paying for those lazy, face stuffing, drunken gits too.

Answer 9

Common sense? Consideration for others? Ok, that's that out of the way! Two reasons OTHER than health.
I'm a smoker,but I do agree with the bans that have been put in place,or due to come into force. I am fully aware that its very unpleasant for non-smokers. I do obey the laws,and will continue to do so.
BUT!!!!!!
Those who do not smoke probably have vices that I do not like!! I do not like drinkers. Do drinkers realise how much THEY smell after consuming beer,lager,spirits,and other??
Do drivers of cars realise they contribute to deaths as well, just by driving a car,with the pollution they omit??? Cars are one of the biggest sources of pollution in the UK – there are currently over 24 million cars on our roads, contributing to poor air quality.What about people with chronic Asthma, Emphysema,and other chest problems? Air pollution can also be a contributing factor to the development of Emphysema. It acts in a similar fashion to cigarette smoke, causing airway inflammation and lung tissue destruction.
Then theres those who drive under the influence of Alcohol?
Do I condemn people for drinking? No
Do I condemn others for driving?No.
Do I condemn others vices that are harmful to others? No.
Each of these have laws,which we have or should follow,some do,some do not.
I follow the laws on smoking,I choose to smoke,my business. Whilst I follow those laws,I hope others will apply the same common courtesy to me,as I do them.

Answer 10

Smoke all you want but have you never heard of passive smoking where other people breathe in your smoke without choice?
So go outside into the cold to smoke, get Bronchial pneumonia and spend weeks in hospital and possibly die young!!
Oh and yes I am a smoker but am intelligent enough to be giving up today so I'll think of you when I have my last smoke!!;-)

Answer 11

You can burst into flames for all I care... I just don't see why I should have to breath in your smoke.

You have the choice as to if you want to inhale smoke, but if you light up a cig you are taking away the choice of everyone else around you.

Personally I think its selfish of smokers to smoke around people who aren't smoking!