Can't get away from cigarette smoke (Read 257 times)

 

Thanks for the sympathy. I live in a smoke free state as well. Got a reply from the dog park people today that said outdoors............not covered by the ban. Amazingly I used to smoke many years ago. Do I deserve one of those annoying little smacks in the back of the head for complaining now ? Yeah probably, never the less cigarette smoke still sucks. I guess I'm less tolerant now because I'm already working with a handicap................................I used to smoke.........................in my eye's breathing the second hand smoke is just going to continue the damage, it's more of a fear.

 

I did some online research, 6 states now ban smoking in all condo buildings, anywhere, even in units. Can't wait for that day.

I quit smoking 23 months ago after being a pack to a pack to a pack and a half a day guy for about 16 years.  I really hate the smell and wish everyone could see the light like I did.  It is by far the best thing I have ever done.  However complaining about people smoking outside is ridiculous.

I still remember the fear and aggravation of being in a place where i couldn't smoke.  Smokers get kicked out in the rain and the cold, they get belittled and mocked, and most people may say that it serves them right, but that is the last thing that is helpful.  It just makes them hang on to the addiction even tighter.  No one enjoys smoking.  It's about being brain washed to think you need it.

It's one thing if people are purposefully blowing the smoke in your face, but if they are outside minding their own business then mind yours too.

I'm all for it being banned indoors, especially where food is served, but give them a break when its outside.

 

However complaining about people smoking outside is ridiculous.

It's not ridiculous at all.  It only takes one person smoking in a pretty large area to stink up the air something awful.  For example during an outdoor concert in the park or a 4th of July fireworks etc. the smoke can cover a big area with the slightest breeze. Or if the air is damp and still, the stench can be very overpowering for those who can't stand the smell of smoke. I'm not talking about the health effects. I'm just talking about the terrible smell.  Some people don't mind the smell. Some do.

Cigarette smoke never bothered me growing up. Family members smoked in the house. Every extended family gathering, lots of people smoked inside. Restaurants. On planes. Bars. We even had smoking areas for students at school. It was part of life. People smoked. I didn't, but the world did. I remember liking the smell of my mom striking a match and lighting her Kents. That first whiff of smoke combined with the smell of the match was pleasant to me.

The only time I run into smokers now are outside of buildings. I have to say that seeing them or smelling the smoke doesn't bother me. If someone lit up in a restaurant or on a plane, it might, but that never happens anymore. It's so infrequent that I run into a smoker, that when I do, it seems strange and weirdly nostalgic, like it does when you see Don and the whole lot smoking on Mad Men.  If I catch a few whiffs of smoke, I don't get bent out of shape. I figure my body can handle a little every now and then. It won't kill me. Something eventually will, but it won't be that occasional whiff of cigarette smoke.

Sometimes I wonder if people were happier and more relaxed when they didn't worry about death and illness so much, and just ate, smoked, and drank what they wanted, and didn't exercise. But maybe they weren't, and we're much happier being so health conscious and thinking we can control how long we're going to live. Anyone else ever wonder about this?

 

In our state it started out no smoking within 200 feet of the building but they amended it to 15 feet . When I walk into the grocery store I get a face full of smoke from all the employees on break, it's really annoying.

In my state it is only 8 feet from the door. What annoys me is that NO ONE goes to the back doors to smoke, it is always the front entrance. I walked through a cloud of smoke this morning, walking into work. What is interesting is that our company has a designated outdoor smoking area, but everyone chooses to smoke at the entrance anyway.

 

 

 

In any case, the "we'll go out of business" thing was always a load of crap. I'm guessing exactly zero bars have ever gone out of business because of no-smoking laws.

I know of at least two that did.  The bad economy at the time did not help, but that was the final straw.  I know the owners of one of them, their business dropped 30% immediately after the law went into effect.

I still don't like smoking, and personally if I still lived near that particular bar I would have been MORE likely to go there without the smoke.  But apparently not so for a large part of their regular customers.

It's not ridiculous at all.  It only takes one person smoking in a pretty large area to stink up the air something awful. 

I feel the exact same way about perfume.

 

I feel the exact same way about perfume.

Amazingly, we had to fire a babysitter yesterday because she refused to quit wearing large amounts of perfume to our place. We could smell her hours after she left, and everyone was allergic to her.

I remember that after the smoking ban in Scotland, many bars had to invest big in cleaning, not for the smoke, but because the places smelled like vomit and urine without the smoke.

My wife can't stand smoke, but I still think it's  a bit embarrassing when she starts covering her nose when we pass them outside. I really like the smell of cigar and pipe smoke.