It's typical of smokers to react the way you have. I did say I was a smoker so I know what it's like, to say it's the same as alcohol is ridiculous, if I drink in front of you you don't inhale the alcohol fumes or go home smelling of alochol, and yes I do wash my clothes when they don't smell of nicotine, but I don't have my coat cleaned every time I go out!!!!
2007-06-26 05:49:49 · 7 answers · asked by Meggan's Mum 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
It is interesting to watch how some smokers have reacted to your question...I think alot of it is the addiction talking... you are asking them not to do something that they feel they have to do and this get's an immediate barrier... like telling someone they can't have something, and suddenly they really want it.
All they are being asked to do is walk outside the door to have a cigarrette and suddenly human rights are being violated, but breathing this smoke over people (adults and chidren alike) seems to be ok with them.
Since the announcement of the smoking ban a lot of my friends are trying to quit and i really admire them for this... many many smokers will admit that they don't want to smoke anymore because it is too expensive, or because they don't like the hold it has over them, and this ban gives them the excuse to cut down and quit.. Whereas in the past the non-smokers have had to go out of their way to avoid the smoke, now the smokers will have to make the effort to take their smoke elsewhere..
I don't think this is unfair...
2007-06-26 06:20:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree with the person above me. Whenever someone gets in my car that I know doesn't smoke, I ask them if they mind, and if they say they don't like the smoke, then I don't smoke. But when I'm at a bar, I'm gonna smoke. If I'm outside, I'm gonna smoke. Just the way it is.
I wonder how non-smokers would like it if we told them they had to smoke, and telling them what to do like the non-smokers are doing to us smokers. Perhaps they should just start smoking, then it won't be as bad for them - second hand smoke is worse than first hand :-)
2007-06-26 12:59:47 · answer #2 · answered by singerofthepiano 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know someone who suffers the effects of living with a drinker.
She may not be inhaling his alcohol fumes but she's putting up with the effects it has on his behaviour. (Though God only knows why).
He smokes too but I worry more about him killing her when drunk & violent than when he's lighting up a cigarette.
2007-06-26 15:47:06 · answer #3 · answered by charliegirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well I am a firm believer that you should ask a person if it is okay to smoke around them or in their car or anywhere near them ? I dont believe just because you are a smoker that you have the right to inflict your second hand smoke on anyone . I do have manners and was raised accordingly .
2007-06-26 12:53:00 · answer #4 · answered by Kate T. 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
First off.....You aks people! You are taking 5 min. off thier life if their right there. The chemicals speard. It's wrong in every way. Just don't smoke.
2007-06-26 12:56:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes we dont inhale your alcohol fumes but we inhale you car fumes instead
2007-06-26 14:09:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a smoker but I respect other peoples wishes.My momma taught me manners.
2007-06-26 13:21:46 · answer #7 · answered by bama_kath 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋