I hate smoking!

Thank you Autumn! I get tired of the rants about smokers also. I don't know what more they want. There is really almost no where that we can smoke as it is and still they gripe on about it. I would say that 99% of us are considerate and don't smoke around non-smokers. There was a time not long ago when we could smoke pretty much anywhere and that includes grocery stores and restraunts etc. They stopped all that and rightly so. I don't understand their complaints but it is insulting and it gets old.

Well said! I don't smoke myself but I'm NEVER self-righteous about it, for the simple reason that both my parents and my husband smoke, they are considerate about it and all of them are giving their money away to the government. Yes, it is bad to smoke but - like you say, smokers choose to do so, it's up to them what they do with their own bodies. I can tell you know, if my Mum suddenly decided to give up she'd be murduring my Dad within a week!

even i hate smoking because it causes adverse effects to health. Smokers not only spoil their health, but also health of others surrounding them (passive smokers). Also they cause pollution. I dont know why smoking has become a fashion nowadays. We,the educated ones must understand its ill effects and try to stop this.

If the smokers in my country as considerate as you, then I would not hate smokers. They smoke everywhere: father smoke near his baby at home, cook smoke while preparing a meal, mother smoke in the living room where her children are playing, people smoke while waiting to be called in a waiting area of a hospital, amongst the sick people seeking medication!

ya! we're the same. Smoking is really dangerous to our health.

haha... there's a point to the last part. but i don't like people who smoke but i can't do anything with it if that's what they want right. maybe the reason some would whine about hating it because it could aggravate some illness...

I hate smoking too and it makes me sick. My dad is a smoker and because of that, it's more difficult to control his asthma. So when I visited my mom and dad, I gave him the 3 step nicotine patches and it helped him a lot.

You definitely have a good point there. Most of the people that I know that smoke dont care to try to stay away from non smoking people. They blow there smoke out as people are trying to walk buy. I hate it. I used to smoke to but I was considerate about it. I hate the smell of smoke. Its gross on peoples clothes its gross to walk by and smell it as someones breathing it out. Something about it being in someones lungs and then smelling in the air they breathed just makes me sick.

I can understand both views, Autumn, since I use to smoke and it wasn't easy to quit..It took me many years and many times for it to finally kick in. But I still remember the days of smoking in places you wouldn't even consider today. (It was against the rules, but as a teenager, I thought rules were meant to be broken..) But as time went on and I grew up, I was careful of where I smoked and who I smoked around as I am sure you do too. And the main problem is smoke fills the air and so it travels where air goes, so it is almost impossible to avoid it. I tip for those who do smoke outside, try to make sure you are up wind from non-smokers. One thing that does bother me, (sometimes because I can't stand the smell and other times because "Hey, I want to smoke one"), is when I am downwind and the smoke goes right to my face.. Then I had a weird friend who when he quit, he would enjoy the smell, to the point he's put himself in the smoke to inhale, but I kind of wonder if that was wise because second-hand smoke is worse.. Anyways, I feel for you, because I hated it when I was put down for smoking and it seems today it is harder and harder to find a place to go and smoke..

I agree with that and I like you and a smoker myself but I seem to be more cautious of when I light up and will for sure not blow it in a non smokers face...I would love to quit as sometimes I've learned that smoking can cause more stress but when you are the smoker and stressed and light up it doesn't feel that way at the time....Happy Mylotting

I totally agree with you! I have never been a smoker in my life. i just never saw anything interesting or exciting about it. I am sad when i see young children and teens picking up this habit. they just don't know what they are doing to their lives!

I am also a smoker, and I try to be considerate. Here is the US, laws have been passed about smoking in public places, and I go by these laws. However, if I am in a smoking area, and non-smokers are there and complaining, it really irritates me. On another note, some talked about lung disease. Granted, smoking is not good your your lungs, but neither is breathing in exhaust fumes, particulally in cities. Tons of people work with lung urritants, as I did for several yars, including the dust from latex backing on drapes, hair spray, fiberglass, and laquer. But I think the thing that irritates me the most is all the people who complain about the smell of smoke on a person, yet say nothing about those people who seem to take a bath in cologne and perfume. I realize some are allergic to smoke, but some are also allergic to perfume. Too much scent of any kind can make someone sick.

Yes I do agree with you. Smoking is injurious to health. Smoke spoil lungs and damages the respiratory system. It leads to many diseases like mouth cancer, throat cancer, etc. Smoke effects not only the person who smokes but also effect the people who stand near by.

I do smoke, but at least I know when and where it can be done. I am disgusted with smokers who do it in public, so very inconsiderate of them! They should also think of the others who don't want to, not just because of the smell but also because they want to consider their health.

Wonder why people smoke, I hate smoking for all the reasons you have mentioned. If only had every smokers, like you, smoke in some designated area, I would not mind them. But not all do that, some just like to show not knowing we don't like the smoke and smokers.

Many people want others to sacrifice, not themselves. They'll never change their ways--look at Al Gore, lecturing us about the environment while he jets around the world and has homes whole power consumption in one money would run my city for a year. Or our beloved prez who tells us to tighten our belts and sacrifice, keep hoping while he takes a vacation every few weeks at our expense. And on and on.... I don't smoke in my house. I live alone but I refuse to subject my dogs to smoke. Beside, I'm thinking about the resale value if I should ever decide to move. It seems that more and more of our choices are being wrested away from us and we just sit here. In the old days if someone didn't want to be around smoke, they went somewhere that there wasn't any. Now they have to dictate the way everyone else lives their lives.