Are smokers generally selfish when it comes to their habit?

Question

I believe they are so put that in your pipe and smoke it in a non enclosed public area.

I must know the wrong types of smokers!

I feel another question coming on.

Trish - according to my research passive inhalation of coffee fumes is non carcinogenic.

Answer 1

My other half was a heavy smoker; 60 a day. He smoked everywhere. I have asthma...very severe. He would keep saying "oops, sorry" when I complained about having to breathe his smoke.
6 years ago, he got the 'flu; a really bad one...he was so sick he could not eat or drink, and certainly could not smoke. Whren he started to feel better, he didn't want to smoke; he thought he would go on a day by day basis.
He has not smoked since then.

In fact, these days he is so anti-smoking that he is unbelievable...ten times worse than me! He admits he had no idea how his habit was affecting me and the kids; how rotten his clothes smelt, and how pathetic it was to have to buy cigarettes before he went to bed, so he'd have a puff first thing in the morning!

He asks me how I put up with him being so selfish about smoking!

I have no objection to anyone else smoking, once I don't have to breathe their smoke...that's where the selfishness comes in; they are enjoying their drug so much, they don't see why everyone else shouldn't see that.

Answer 2

I believe some can be. I used to smoke and looking back I was a little selfish too. I didn't care about smoking next to a non smoker, but now I don't smoke anymore I get annoyed if someone accidentally blows smoke in my face or around me. I never smoked in a car and hated it when other smokers did, I still do hate it, it's disgusting and rude! Smokers get such a bad press that anyone objecting feels like a personal attack. Althoughn not all smokers are selfish, they do try to be decent about it but it's very difficult when some non smokers are very rude! I've been smoke free for 3 yrs now and sincerely apologise for all the people I hacked off!

Answer 3

These are government statistics by the national statistics office, smokers contribute some 9billion pounds of revenue through tobacco taxation in the uk every year, it costs 1.5billion pounds a year to treat all smoking related disorders by the nhs, it costs the nhs 6billion a year to treat all eating disorders.
Although non smokers do have the right not to breathe in smoke we also have the right not to brathe in car fumes which contribute highly to globalwarming, asthmatic conditions and general grime in cities, i dont drive and never have done but have no choice in the quality of my air.
Car pollutants are far higher in toxins than cxigarette smoke could ever be.

Answer 4

No I don't think they are (I'm not a smoker myself though) I also think that they have every right to smoke in a public area when they want to -- most of the smokers I know always ask if people mind and won't smoke while others are eating, or whatever else.

But if someone has the right to say what they want -- why can't they smoke where they want? I think its kinda bogus -- I think there are more selfish non-smokers then smokers to tell the truth.

Answer 5

I think it's the same old/same old. Like anything topical, there are fors and againsts.
I do believe that it does depend on the individual. Some are very selfish and others are considerate and yet again it is the selfish ones that cause of the damage and uproar of it all.
I live in England now, but when I went home to Scotland it was lovely to come home from a night out not smelling of smoke.
Let's face it, us girls buy new clothes to go out in, pay fortunes to have out hair done and we throw all our clothes into the machine and have to wash our hair the next day whether we want to or not because it stinks...

Answer 6

Most of the smokers I know are selfish. My parents both smoke, and they smoke in their home and their car. They get upset if someone says something about the smell. Even when they don't smoke in their home when my son is there (He was a preemie) the smell still sticks to everything. They don't even care enough to not smoke sround one of my sisters and she has asthma. My husband smokes and I make him go outside, but he gets upset when I tell him not to hug me when he comes back in because the smell makes me almost want to throw up...something that started when I was pregnant with my son and I never got over.

Answer 7

I only smoke in my own home and car. I do not smoke around non-smokers or children. I am trying to quit and do not impose my bad habit on others. I know they find it disgusting. I also try to be very careful about my clothes NOT smelling like smoke before I go in anywhere.

Where I live there is no public place that smoking is allowed inside a building.

Answer 8

I'm not. I go out of my way to not be a rude smoker. And if you think they are why are you asking YA users? Just want to rant? The only time I ever even see people smoking in public anymore is at a bar. Big deal.

Answer 9

Some are, but most aren't. Anti-smokers can be Nazis themselves. Most of the country has adopted non-smoking laws in public buildings, restaurants, etc. This is a good thing for all.

Answer 10

Generally no, if they follow the law regarding where or where not to smoke in public. These days most public places, even outdoor eating areas, are smoke free, so they are not being selfish if they are abiding by the rules.