I'm a smoker and I am sick of people making coughing sounds when they walk past me.?

Question

I don't stand in the middle of a crowded room and light up, I will find an as much out of the way place as I can. I wait till people walk past and hold my cigarette away from them, it's not like I blow my smoke in anyones face. But at least once a week someone decides to do the fake cough. Yesterday it was a fat lady, so I said "why dont you lay off the cheese burgers?". She wasn't impressed but gosh it felt good. So my vengence begins. Sure I have a right to smoke and she has the right to eat all the fatty food she wants, but dont judge unless you want to be judged is my new monto. Any one agree?

Yes the smoke smells and its bad for me, it's ok the messages are on the packet and I can read. Plus there are many toxins in the air worse then cigarette smoke that you cant see or smell... car fumes for example. I also drive a car, I am an evil bad air polluting person. Wouldn't cheese burger farts also be classed as air pollution?

Can I just add one last thing.... some of you people are complete morons.

Answer 1

I'm a smoker too but that is something you just have to get used to. I don't take a drag if I see someone walking past me and I don't blow it in their faces either. I personally don't like it when people do it to me. And If was an overweight person telling me so I would have done the EXACT same thing as you. There are fewer and fewer places to smoke and soon enough all non-smoker will have their way. Let us enjoy the time that we do have to smoke.

All In all . . . .I agree

Answer 2

Although you obviously try to be a conscientious smoker and don't purposefully blow smoke at people the thing is it still stinks and really does get everywhere. As a smoker you are less aware of this- I smoked for 10 years before quitting and only once I quit did I realize how much my smoke would have effected others. I remember getting on the bus once after having a cigarette and the woman next to me told me that I stank- I was really cross at the time but now I realize that she was right- I did stink! As for fat people- their fatness does not effect those around them so I don't think that's a great comparison. The fat lady did not wish to smell/breathe in your smoke- she wasn't judging you so much as showing her dislike for the fact that she should have the right not to have to smell or breathe your smoke. However what you did was judge her on personal appearance- making you (in my opinion) the one in the wrong. I agree that you have the right to smoke but I think that right should be limited to within your own home. No offense meant though as this is only my opinion and you have every right to disagree :-)

Answer 3

My throat closes up around smoke due to allergies and asthma. Your smoke affects everyone around you and people like myself are very sensitive to the smell. I can be yards away and still having a coughing fit. Thank you for trying to be considerate of where you smoke, but frankly I think it was extremely rude to stoop to that lady's level and insult her right back. You should have just glared at her and ignored her. Anyway my point is most of the time the cough isn't fake, and please always be mindful that wherever you go your smoke WILL travel and it WILL affect people.

*In response to your edit: car fumes and other common toxins are a part of the air we breathe, so while it is still unhealthy, we're all used to breathing it. Cigarettes are a foreign smell and a foreign toxin for those who don't live around smokers.

Answer 4

Some people are just sensitive to the smell of the smoke. It doesn't necessarily means that when you don't smoke, you don't smell of the smoke. It's all over you. Personally, my throat will get itchy and I will want to do something about it. You can call it a fake cough, but I was trying to 'scratch' my throat. But yes, I agree with you that people who fake it are the rude ones. I had a boss once who likes to sit across the table from me and puff in my face. It was totally offensive but I was kinda young then, and didn't have the guts to tell him otherwise. But it was a terrible experience for me. 2nd hand smokers suffer bigger risks of dying than 1st hand smokers.

Answer 5

You do not have a right to pollute the air I or my children have to breathe. I have emphysema and sit with a tube in my nose all night to get oxygen to my lungs. Every bit of second hand smoke I breathe makes my condition much worse. You call some of us morons.......we are doing nothing to harm you, so how do you figure that? Seems it is the other way around. You are letting tobacco dictate how your health will be. Don't think it can't happen to you because it will eventually catch up with you one way or another.

Answer 6

I am an occasional smoker and my husband is an extreme smoker. We go out of our way to not smoke in front of people especially our children. So we usually take it outside too and of course some people are bound to pass by and cough but really I don't think they do it on purpose. I think that maybe they just get a good wiff and its hard not to cough. I know your argument is that there's all kind of pollutants in the air but when you let out that cloud, its in concentrated form so its easier to mess with peoples respiratory systems. If you wanna smoke, then sht go ahead and smoke but don't get all pissd when some one inhales your cancer and acts all prissy.

Answer 7

I agree that no one should sit in judgment of your choice to smoke. It's probably hard for you to realize, though, that the smoke smells awful because you are used to it. You don't have to be blowing it in anyone's face in order for the smoke to be offensive. Don't get me wrong; I don't judge smokers. I know how hard it is to quit. My own mother, who I loved so much, died of lung cancer. I miss her fiercely.

I know this isn't what you were looking for, but do try the patch to quit -- you'll be so much happier and healthier. Also, your family and friends will get to enjoy you longer and won't have to face the agony of seeing you die a slow and awful death from lung cancer. It's the worst thing I've ever been through.

Good luck, and God bless.

Answer 8

Where are you when you smoke? Are you by an entrance to a building door? If so, the smoke goes in through the doors and windows where you are standing.

I agree with the person who said that the cheeseburgers affect the person eating them, no one else. Your smoke travels- into the lungs of nonsmokers.

Smoking causes cancer. Smoke stinks.

Answer 9

I agree! it seems to be socially acceptable to make negative comments to a total stranger because they are smoking, but no one tells a stranger that they are fat and shouldn't eat so much, or they need to do something about the hair cause its greasy and unkempt. Have you noticed that smokers are the only group that are discriminated against. With the amount we pay in taxes on our cigarettes we should be treated like royalty, imagine if we stop buying cigarettes, how much would the government loose in revenue! and as far as us costing the health system money, it is a drop in the ocean when compared to the taxes we pay on cigarettes .
so, respect our desire to smoke and just some times use some manners and make allowance for us, just as you would any one else

Answer 10

I sort of understand what you're getting at... but you have to admit it's a nasty smell and it is smoke after all. The fat woman isn't secreting poisonous gas or something. I really don't have a problem with smokers but I do get a little annoyed with them sometimes.

Answer 11

Why don't you just quit? That would be the most effective way to get poeple to stop. Besides, if you don't quit soon, you'll probably get lung cancer, or possibly even another type of cancer. You could quite likely end up with a vent cut in the front of your neck and an artificial voice box.