Do you forbid a stranger in smoking in public?

Of course you did it right. I'm a anti smoker. It's ok for me if someone smoke in the waiting room though i don't like it. but if someone smoke on the bus, train etc, i can't stand it.

I do get annoyed when people blatantly smoke in public and act as though they are above the law. Especially when people smoke and then blow smoke right in your face. It gets me really annoyed and i do tell them that smoking is illegal in public and to not smoke

Over here people are not allowed to smoke inside public spaces and I must say that everybody sticks to the law. I don't think I have ever seen anybody smoking on the bus, theatre and so on. I know that you would get a instant fine if you did this and got caught so maybe that is why it never happens.

I hate people who smoke in public as there are some people who are allergic to it and also its not legal to smoke in public places. If i were in your place i would have done the same thing like you did, we must stand up for the people or the society and try to eliminate anything that is ugly. Kids could not bear the smell of smoke and so as many people who don't smoke, when someone smokes around us we too become passive smokers which is vital for our health. So, i should have stood by your side that day.

I commend what you did but I wouldn't have done it myself. I wouldn't have approached the guy. I usually would just stay out of range. However, I would have stood by you for having initiated the confrontation. I don't like 2nd hand smoke. Nobody should suffer for another person's lifestyle choice.

Mate, You did the right thing rather I would go to the extent to suggest that you should have been quite straightforward in pointing out the mistake of the stranger. It not only looks awkward but also is a health hazard for othere. Not many know that passive smoking is more injurious to health.

Well, I don't think what you were trying to accomplish was wrong but I think the action you took was a bit dangerous. Gosh, you just never know who you are surrounded by...even the smallest thing can tick some people off...I mean you can even become a target for someones anger for absolutely no reason at all. There are a lot of real angry people walking these streets these days. Maybe the next time you should leave the issue in the hands of the people in charge, why put yourself in a compromising position if there is a safer alternative...8o)

I think the ban on smoking in public spaces is a really good idea. I really don't like smoke. Just today I was waiting at the bus stop. I was sitting in the bus shelter. This guy next to me just began smoking all of a sudden and the smoke was blowing in my direction. I just got up and walked away. The good thing is he got the message and he moved away from the bus shelter and finished his smoking far away. When he was through smoking he came back into the bus shelter. I think that was quite courteous on his part. Unfortunately, most people would not have moved. I guess for those ones you have to tell them. And probably they may not move or they may get angry.

Since second has smoke has been shown to be dangerous, then you have every right to tell that person to take his/her smoking somewhere else. Yes, this can be difficult, but to not do anything means that you allow yourself to be put at risk. You have to decide what's more important. The risk of having them react badly, or the risk to your health from the smoke. The other point here is that the person was breaking the law, which adds to your right to tell them to stop. Before the days when smoking was prohibited in public places, there were people who still asked smokers to stop if they were doing it in front of them, if the smoke bothered them. Now that there is a law to support you, you have the moral right to tell them to stop, as well as the legal right. An interesting thing I've noticed is that it is sometimes harder to tell a smoking friedn to stop than a stanger.

I never told any stranger in public before not to smoke because for me even if im a concerned citizen but i don't have enough confidence if i have the right to stop anyone from doing what they wanna do in public places. Maybe i can tell that to someone who is very young like less than 11 yrs old, because it's not good for them and besides there's a tendency that they will respect you by listening to your suggestions. But if the person himself is old enough to know what is right and wrong, i think i just leave it to him and i will just hope that maybe someday somehow he would learn that his habit of smoking in public is a big disturbance to a lot of people who might be present around.

Though you were right in asking the stranger to smoke somewhere else, you cannot ask everyone around to smoke in a private place. It's the people who has to realize their responsibilities and act accordingly. The common sense should be imbibed in colleges where teachers should teach students to act and nurture their behavior. Only making laws do not help. People should be made aware of their actions that cause trouble to people.

I'm a smoker, and I, for one, would never smoke in an area where no one else is smoking. I feel for the non-smoker who has to inhale my smoke. So anyone, who chooses to smoke around you, without any thought of the person next to them, is purely inconsiderate, and sensitive. I would've done what you did.