Do you think its fair treating smokers...

I think that is exactly the problem, smokers don't stand up and join together and fight for their rights. I wonder if smokers could start a lawsuit and sue places for not providing them with a place to smoke. Now wouldn't that be funny.

No, it is definitely not fair the way smokers are treated. Most of my favorite restaurants are now smoke-free, and I no longer go there to eat. I prefer to go to our local truck stop where the food isn't as good, but at least I am not discriminated against! That's how I take a stand, I boycott the places I used to go regularly because they won't let me smoke anymore. I think more smokers should do that, maybe if places lose enough business, they'll rethink their position!

I think people that want to smoke should be allowed to. Just like those that want to pray in school should be allowed to.

I think every person have a right smoker or non smoker. I can see in some places there are smoking areas even in restaurants. I fight for my rights when I know that I am in the right part of it. I don't let people just shove me away because they feel it's not right. I voice out my opinion. People just need to be heard..

I dip so I can understand how it feels to need nicotine ,and I think smokers should stand up for their right to smoke,and that there should be a place built just for smokers,so that way they can be comfortable,and the people who dont like smokers can be comfortable too.

ok..point taken. but do you really need to smoke in public places, where us non-smokers have to choke and gag and in a few cases vomit when they have to breath in that stuff? how bout the workers that dont smoke that have to deal with that on a daily basis? and might i add that these places, granted being public places, are on private property. the owners have a right to say no smoking on their premises. and in my house its not allowed. did you know that it can even ruing walls...can you blame people that dont allow smoke in their home or business. i wont eat or shop at a place that allows smoking.

I know exactly what you mean.I mentioned this in a discussion i did on dumb laws.I do not smoke and second hand smoke bother's me.So,I have the right to keep smoking from my home and my car,when I had one.When my husband was alive and my son lived at home,my husband made the rule because smoke bothered me and we had a baby and he did not want her to be effected by the smoke.He also did not want our home,furniture,rugs and drapes to smell like smoke.My son smoked and my husband did some.Most of the time they smoked outside.If it was too cold then they smoked in my son's room.As far as public places,my favorite rstaurant is an internatational chain and they used to have smoking and non-smoking areas,which was fine unless you sat near the smoking section because it was open.Instead of putting up some walls they made all of their restaurant's non smoking.They have made it a law in a county in Maryland that no bars can have smoking.Please! I do not go to bars because I do not smoke and second hand smoke bothers me.The smokers have to have a place,geez! I was talking to a friend in Georgia and she said that it is non smoking in restaurant in the whole state.

Hello! Well, I guess that is the way it is. Many cities and countries have changed the laws to make it illegal to smoke inside. Do I think it's fair? Well I ask "fair to whom?" Life is never fair. First, if we allow smokers inside everywhere the second hand smoke harms the people that don't smoke. Second, if we don't allow smokers in buildings then people don't have to smell it, but the smokers have to be outside to smoke. I don't find that "an attack"...an attack would be beating someone up or such. Smoking indoors around people who don't is rude to those people, so while I think it's not "fair" to have people smoke outside, I think the advantages outweight the disadvantage. Plus if you don't like smoking outside then you should smoke at home or in your car before you go to the restaurant/bar/pub. Have a nice day (and sorry that I don't argee with you entirely. We can agree to disagree. Have a nice life.) Pablo

They are doing it all over the world; I'm a smoker and i have learned that there are places you can smoke and places that you can't. There is nothing that smokers can do to fight that. With all of the health problems that smoking cause others that don't smoke. So smokers have to deal will what has been done.

You are not forced to go outside. You choose to smoke, so you choose to go outside. If it's that important to you not to stand outside in the rain or snow, you can choose not to smoke. I don't care how well ventilated a place is, if someone is smoking in one room or area, people in the non-smoking section will smell it. Put 30 or 40 smokers in a place together and it can be smelled from blocks away. Smoking kills. Everyone should have the right Not to have to breath it if they don't want to. You can always go sit in your car, go home, or wait until later if you want to smoke. On the other hand, if you are smoking near me, I have no choice- I am forced to breathe your smoke. No, I don't think smoking can be considered a human right. It is not essential to sustain life. A human right is having clean air to breathe.

I do not think the way smokers are treated is right. If there are going to be designated spaces for smokers, those spaces should be equal to that provided to non-smokers. There are many things that other people do that are as offensive to me as people who smoke ...but unfortunately wearing too much perfume, talking loudly on your cell phone, being falling-down drunk, or using profanity are not considered to be hazardous to other's health.

I would have to agree w/ you on your topic for everyone is equal just some have bad habits such as smokeing. I can say I'm lucky for one when I'm at home I smoke in my apartment and where it's just me and if someone come's over they don't complain for they know I do and they accept it. At work they have a special room for us smokers ( smokoers lounge ). I go in there on my breaks enjoy my conversation's while I have a few smokes. I don't think we should be pushed out just because of that. Most people I know that don't smoke don't make a stink out of it they simply just go somewhere else for the smoke bothers them which is fine. Yes we all have rights and we should be able to live by them.

stop smoking becoz its dangerous to your health right? smokers all know that but why they cant stop smoking?

Hey there I am a smoker but trying to quit and I try to not smoke near none smokers but it is some times a bit hard not to.I do not think it is very fair at all the way smokers get treated

I did find out yesterday a dirty little secret that the medical profession had hidden from smokers. Smoking thins your blood... The medical profession tell us that smoking shrink your arteries and causes heart diseases through the blockage of those arteries. Now if your arteries have shrunk... and you stop smoking... you blood thicken... ending up in a blocked artery and you die. The doctors tell your family that you did die because you were a smoker in the recent past... Instead of telling the truth... which is that you did die because you gave up smoking. And that's not all. Drinking thin the blood as well.

Yeah, but what about the rights about the nonsmokers rights? Example: Lets say you're walking out of a restaurant, and there's a huge cloud of smoke by the door, because that's where you'd have to have shelter for the smokers - close to the building. Nonsmokers wouldn't like going through the cloud of smoke, the restaurant loses business, and the only people that benefit are the people smoking up the entrance. And your right to smoke? You've got a whole home to smoke up all you want. Frankly, I'm more concerned about my right to not be forced to inhale buttloads of secondhand smoke, and harm my health.

It's unfair.But,we should protect the people who don't want to smoke .So,now it must be limited in toilet or some stated place to smoke.

its unfair, yes. as for me, smoking is my way of a hobby and yes it sucks when people just stabs me because of it or my mom would scold me.. the only problem that seclude smoking is younger people taking it. i for myself, i think smoking and nonsmoking people are fair enough as we are all human beings. who the hell cares if you dont wanna smoke 'ayt? ^^

You're right. They just passed a state wide smoking ban in Ohio. My mom who doesn't smoke said just watch what they take away next. Also on that ballot was something people could vote on a definition of marriage. They passed the smoking ban and the definition of marriage finally deciding that marriage is between one man and one woman. I have also read where somewhere in the Southern US they are trying to pass a law to make it illegal for restaurants to serve people that are considered obese. I believe that once the government sees that they can take away a right, then they will continue to do it until a group of people ban together and put a stop to it.

We all have the right to do whatever we please as long as it doesn't infringe on other's rights. Do you understand that second hand smoke has been proven to make others sick. You could really cause people problems. If you live among other people you need to be aware of what you are doing and how it might affect others. A human right? Fighting for your rights? You live in a society. That means you live around other people. What you do affects others in that society. Unless you go up in the mountains and you aren't living around anyone you have to be aware and respectful of others.