Hai this is a question for tobacco smokers, have you ever thought that while smoking in public places ,?

Question

you are causing discomfort to other nosmokers or you think it as your freedom or liberity to smoke according to your comfort.

Answer 1

I'm not a smoker but EVERYBODY in my freaking family is. Drives me CRAZY!!
A friend of mine once said, to have a smoking area in a restaurant is like having a peeing area in a swimming pool.
Just food for thought.

Answer 2

I am a nonsmoker. I believe that a smoker has a right to smoke, just as we have the right not to. There are already non smoking areas in most restaurants and smokers have to go to certain areas in most sports arenas. Now, at least in my state, smoking is banned within 25 feet of a public building. This includes sports arenas and veterans lounges. Now, I think this is an infringement on our rights in general. But when a veteran who has fought for our country and has quite possibly been injured cannot smoke (something probably picked up while in service) when meeting with other veterans it is absurd.

Take your question and reverse it. How would you feel if the rule was you were not allowed somewhere because you didn't smoke?

What is next? Taking away our right to choose how we eat. You bet! They are trying to push that through right now. Do you want people telling you that you can't have a cheeseburger because the guy next to you is obese or that the guy on the other side has a heart condition. Its not healthy for them, so you can't have it either.

Cigarettes are sold legally. Maybe instead of trying to outlaw something that will never be illegal we should try and get the FDA to control what goes into cigarettes. Did you know that it is not the tobacco that is harmful? No, it is all of the additives that these companies put into the cigarettes. Maybe we should start focusing on making a situation better by making the actual cigarette healthier, not by taking away our rights.

Answer 3

I am a smoker and have been for 20 years. When I go to a restaurant I do not smoke; I wait until I get out to my vehicle. Even though restaurants have smoking sections, the smoke does drift. When I smoke outside I make sure that no one else is around. Usually I go out back at work by myself. If someone approaches me while I am smoking I do not feel to bad, they can obviously see that I am smoking. If I am at an outside event I just walk back to the parking lot and smoke and then go back to the event. I also do not smoke in my own home if I have company that are non-smokers.

So after saying all that, I do feel that I am respectful of nonsmokers and that the only thing I should feel bad about is what I am doing to my own health.

Answer 4

I smoke only in designated smoking areas, outside, or in my car (if alone) and make a point of not smoking around other people who are not smokers. Nor do I stand around smoking near a doorway to a building as I realize the odor is offensive to most non-smokers. Now, ask the same type question of ladies who put on two or three gallons of perfume and go out in public.

Answer 5

I love my cigarettes (for 35 years) and have no intention of quitting. I've always been a considerate smoker, even back in the good ole days when you could smoke everywhere. Too bad non smokers can't be the same way. They are rude and hateful and for some reason think you want to hear it. Hooray for public places that still let you smoke! Non smokers, quit whining and mind your own business.

Answer 6

I believe that if you are in a public place that allows smoking than i can light a cigarette and enjoy it no matter who is sitting next to me. There are fewer and fewer public places that allow smoking thanks to the people that think smokers rights are beneath their own. Last i knew this was a free country. If a non smoker decided to frequent a business that allowed smoking they did this by choice and should not complain. Just as I, as a smoker, makes the choice whether or not to frequent a business that does not allow smoking. Either way the consumer is the one that made the choice to do business with the place in question.

Answer 7

I feel that as a long time smoker that smoking out in open places (i.e. parks, streets,etc.) is ok due to the openess of the area. However if I am in a restaurant or bar then I usually will go out to smoke. I feel that it is my freedom to smoke wherever but am still considerate of the nonsmokers. It is my choice 2 smoke not theirs. They should not have 2 take in my habit. So hopefully that answers ur ?

Answer 8

Well, I used to smoke so I'll give my two cents.
When I smoked it was always outside or in the smoking section (my car, house, etc. too of course, but we're talking about public places here). The way I always looked at it, when people are outside who don't smoke, they shouldn't mind people who do. There's plenty of room outside and if my smoking was bothering someone, they could move. I always did try to stand away from people I noticed weren't smoking and especially away from children. But when someone has come into my vicinity while I was there smoking first, they had no right whatsoever to tell me they didn't appreciate my smoking. Now, when it comes to smoking sections, that really ticks me off. People know there are smoking sections in restaurants. If you don't like smoke, sit somewhere else! It's really not that difficult! I know smoke can drift and everything, but it doesn't drift around the entire restaurant. As for bars and clubs, that should just be obvious!

Answer 9

As a person that is highly sensitive to smoke, and has had to modify my lifestyle greatly to avoid being exposed to secondhand smoke in order to protect my immediate health - I find a small percentage to be very inconsiderate. The ones that I run into that are the worst are the high school drop outs that are taking GED classes at the county office building. They stand just our side the building doors under the over hang where it is posted as no smoking and puff away. This means that I have problems getting into our out of my play of employment with out being exposed to their toxic smog.

Answer 10

In Indiana they have banned smoking in public places. I don't mind that. As long as I can still smoke in my car or home, fine.

Now I am miffed at the cig tax increase of 44 cents here. It goes to healthcare, fine. But I'm miffed cause they need to raise the tax on alcohol or just ban it altogether. That kills much more because if you are driving with your family and get hit by a drunk driver, that's far worse than dying from lung cancer. Not only are you dead, but your family as well (or severly injured).

We have a messed up government. They will tax the hell out of cigs, leave alcohol alone and pot is illegal. Um....hello? Doesn't cig and alcohol kill more people than pot? Yes. How messed up is that?