Originally posted by scottishinnzI particularly meant in terms of club and pub type patrons, the greater majority for many years have been smokers.(anecdotally through personal observation)
Non-smokers are in the majority. Why should the majority have their lives dictated to, and even finished early, by the minority of smokers?
Originally posted by sasquatch672Now that smokers in the US are in the minority, they shifted their efforts to Asia with incredible success. They don't even need the US anymore to ply their deathwares.
Interesting study I read here, from Philip Morris no less.
http://tobaccodocuments.org/landman/1000048861-8881.html
I'll give you the highlights. The study found, among other things, that a person's likelihodd of smoking was inversely related to their income and education level. Higher/income education level, less likely to smoke.
Even go ...[text shortened]... rednecks!"
And I'm not calling you low class, uneducated, or low income. They are.
Originally posted by sonhouseSerious answer to your serious question, SH. I don't allow myself the masochistic luxury of feeling guilt for that which is not my fault. No one ever got sick or experienced discomfort because of my secondhand smoke. My parents did not smoke and I've always been careful not smoke around non-smokers or in places that do not allow smoking. Now and then it pisses someone off just to see me happily smoking by myself 100 yards downwind from them and they make a point of walking that distance to call me stinking and stupid. Of course, I politely thank them for being so concerned about my welfare.
Here are some statistics about second hand smoke:
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35422
More people died from lung cancer caused by second hand smoke than were killed in 9-11 and ten times that many died from heart diseases caused by second hand smoke. This is in the US. This is not a couple here and there, this is tens of thousands. Does ...[text shortened]... other smokers here? This is only the US. What about places like Japan where smoking is rampant?
Originally posted by DelmerWell for every thoughtful person like you there have to be one hundred idiots who don't notice what they are doing. Case in point:
Serious answer to your serious question, SH. I don't allow myself the masochistic luxury of feeling guilt for that which is not my fault. No one ever got sick or experienced discomfort because of my secondhand smoke. My parents did not smoke and I've always been careful not smoke around non-smokers or in places that do not allow smoking. Now and then it pis ...[text shortened]... stinking and stupid. Of course, I politely thank them for being so concerned about my welfare.
My wife and I walked into a mall and there was this very old woman, cig in hand, with what may have been her grandson in a stroller, the cig in her hand had a dense white smoke trail going right to the baby and the baby is choking and gagging on the concentrated smoke going right into its poor face, the woman in total ignorance as to what was going on two feet from her nose. You have to admit, behavior like that is reprehensible.
Originally posted by slimjimDo cigarettes make people more beautiful too? Your post sounded like a 1970's cigarette advertisement.
Most smokers are more relaxed and fun to drink beer with and shoot pool with. Most non-smokers I've met had a bug up their arse and the ones that really pissed me off were the hackers acting like they were dying when someone lit up 10 feet aways from them.
By the way, people with Asthma can actually die if you light up 10 feet away.
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Originally posted by sonhousePeople that stupid will likely walk the pram in front of a bus anyway.
Well for every thoughtful person like you there have to be one hundred idiots who don't notice what they are doing. Case in point:
My wife and I walked into a mall and there was this very old woman, cig in hand, with what may have been her grandson in a stroller, the cig in her hand had a dense white smoke trail going right to the baby and the baby is chok ...[text shortened]... at was going on two feet from her nose. You have to admit, behavior like that is reprehensible.
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Originally posted by EsotericWell I guess people with Asthma better not go out to a cookout because the smoke from the steaks cooking will kill them also. If I was that bad off I would want someone to blow smoke in my face and kill me.🙄
Do cigarettes make people more beautiful too? Your post sounded like a 1970's cigarette advertisement.
By the way, people with Asthma can actually die if you light up 10 feet away.
Originally posted by sonhouseOf course, I believe that such behavior is reprehensible and I most likely would have removed the cigarette from the woman's hand. If I was having a bad day I'd have also seriously considered removing the baby from the woman. I'm surprised that anyone is allowed to smoke in a any mall anywhere anymore. It's been maybe 30 years since any mall around here has allowed smoking.
Well for every thoughtful person like you there have to be one hundred idiots who don't notice what they are doing. Case in point:
My wife and I walked into a mall and there was this very old woman, cig in hand, with what may have been her grandson in a stroller, the cig in her hand had a dense white smoke trail going right to the baby and the baby is chok ...[text shortened]... at was going on two feet from her nose. You have to admit, behavior like that is reprehensible.