Smoker's right to smoke?

Question

yes ok but IT'S EVERYONE ELSES RIGHT TO BREATH CLEAN AIR!!!!! what do u think can be done to stop this? i mean we wouldn't even practlicly need 3/4 of the respitory diseases colom if people didin't smoke. what do u think?

Answer 1

There is nothing more annoying than walking down the street and someone lights up a cigarette and blows an entire cloud of smoke in my face. Well... yes there is, when I'm forced to share the space of a smoker, who is not smoking, but has the settled chemicals trapped in his hair and clothing.

Smokers may not think they're harming others because they're smoking in the now polluted fresh air, but it affects asthma sufferers and those who are allergic to its chemicals. The smallest amount of smoke or allergens can cause an allergic person to have an asthma attack, get a migraine headache (which can lead to vomiting and an entire day of stress), have chronic sinus pressure (which can lead to an infection). Furthermore, having to deal with the asthma and allergy symptoms can lead to vulnerable immunity and cause the person to become sick.

Once I inhaled a mouthful of smoke from someone else and ended up having an irritated throat for the rest of the night. The next couple of days I was chronically fatigued and had to spend time out of work. Then on Christmas morning I woke up shaking and shivering with a high fever and body aches. This led to me going into the emergency room a few days later due to uncontrolled asthma symptoms, where I had an anxiety attack (to the point of paralysis) probably from overdosing on albuterol, or from being so freaking scared that I was going to die from the severe ashtma attack.

... all that just from one person's right to smoke. Sadly, I have many other health issue stories that were caused by smokers.

Answer 2

Stay in the closet, because it means the amount of smoking you do will be less. Why on earth did you start? You're not doing it to look cool in front of friends? You have a good attitude regarding not wanting to be a negative role model for your younger siblings. I applaud you for that. Eventually you'll move out and have your own place, but realize your smoking will still be limited even if you come out of the closet. ** You can't smoke in most workplaces any more, and it can be a strain to wait for break time so you can go outside (sometimes in very hot, very cold, rainy, or snowy weather) to feed your addiction. ** Some companies make smoking employess pay more for their health insurance coverage. ** Many public places are becoming smoke-free. In some states, all indoor public places are smoke-free. ** If you live in an apartment building, your neighbors may complain constantly about your smoke getting into their apartments, because it does go right through walls and plumbing. ** Your dating will be limited to other smokers or those who are tolerant of your smoking - and fewer and fewer people will be. ** As you smoke more, it's harder to go for long periods without it, meaning it'll be a strain to come back for family gatherings. ** Eventually, your family will know, and you'll have to face their disillusionment. ** Lung cancer, COPD, walking around dragging a portable oxgen tank after you, mouth cancer, throat cancer and the loss of your vocal cords, wrinkles, smelling like an ashtray... Just quit. It'll be easier to quit now than it will later.

Answer 3

As a pack a day smoker, I say you have plenty of clean air to breath. I always respect non-smokers when I smoke around them. I go elsewhere to smoke, like outside, or to the smoking section of an establishment. Even if I have the right to smoke at a place, but I know they might become irritated by it I keep my distance. However, if it is your intention not to be equally understanding and be a little tolerate, then YOU are the problem , not me.

Answer 4

smoking is a nicotine addiction. i know from smokers that once it has hold of you, it doesn't want to let go. smokers do have the right to smoke whether they're truly addicted or trying to look cool (looks damn stupid in my opinion). what they don't have the right to do is force you to smoke by puffing it into the air you breathe. i support smoking bans in public places because i don't need to breathe in that damaging air, but when it comes to smokers themselves, i do try to have some sympathy.

i have family members who are addicted and cannot stop smoking. my own mother passed away from lung cancer 5 months ago and even then she couldn't stop smoking. it makes no sense to hear of someone with lung cancer still smoking but that's how horrible the addiction is, it is so serious that it does not want to let go.

those who smoke can be considerate of those who do not by not smoking around them. its the least they can do as its not as simple as them smoking because its their right. its the fact that when they put it into the air of an enclosed room, that everyone is breathing it. smokers and non smokers can live together if we put a little thought into the way we act.

Answer 5

Why you so ONE WAY

If Exsmokers have to have oyxen, If you lite up with in 5 ft of them you commit murder by burning their brains out

For a person with COPD, the second hand smoke is like them having 10 cigs

BUT most smokers don't give a damn about others right to live.

Answer 6

yes , it's all about rights.smokers have the right to smoke if they choose to do so just as you have the right to not smoke.I agree that in public places smokers and non smokers should be able to be separated .I also believe that restricting a persons ability to do something against their will... (by taxing things to an unrealistic price) is wrong.why not tax alcohol or cigars or french fries or cokes. what if you went to purchase your favorite soft drink and it cost you 5 dollars ... because someone else said it was bad for you... i could go on and on , i just don't like losing"freedom of choice" enough said.

Answer 7

Smokers already have designated areas to smoke and walking down the st. breathing someones cig smoke for 1 second won't do anything

Answer 8

Smokers have the right to smoke, but they should have the common courtesy not to do it in the presence of non-smokers.

Answer 9

ok ok i smoke...
i have that right and it is a legal right.
i do smoke outside.
i won't defend my right to smoke.
i don't think there is anything you can do
to stop this. smokers know the dangers, we know
the risks. people have been telling us for years.
well i said what i had to say. now i am going to smoke
outside.

Answer 10

i think people should be able to do whatever they want with their own body as long as they aren't hurting another human being.so, smokers... go lock yourself in your cars and suffocate yourself with the poison smoke all you want, but don't shove it down my throat.i've seen the deadly effects from smoking in my own family.