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Because its all over tv. Personally their dang cars will kill them first if not by accident, then by the emmissions the things put out. Their cars are a thousand times more deadly then even standing near someone for 10 freakn minutes while they smoke. It's rediculous and moronic if you ask me!

well reason y non-smokers like me dnt go behinf drig-addicts or drunkanrds is tht when they drink, they dnt jeopardize the life of ppl around them, atleats not directly... but what abt u smokers? u force us to being passive smokers... passive smoking is said to have more damaging effects than active smoking... y shud we die over wat ur doing? so we come and have a go at u ppl... if u want to have so much smoke in ur life, y dont u just go put ur head in a chimney.... aint it the same ting?

Yeh I know what you mean, I don't smoke but I feel anyone who wants then thats their own business its much the same with me I don't eat meat but I get told all the time that I should, each to his own in everything so long as it isn't hurting anyone else.

So sorry. BUt I got alergic with smoke. I don;t ask smokers to stop their habit. It is their decicion. every ppl have their own opinion about health. But 1 thing that I can accept from smokers. When they smoke at public area. I caugh loudly and can;t breath. But they still smoke in front of me. Can U imagine they smoke at restaurant which it room with AC. And smoke at bus ot halte near from me. I ask politely hope they stop smoke. BUt they ignore me. I have aunty. She also smokers. But she NEVER smoke at public area. I don;t blame her. She addict with it. Every time she want to smoke, she go to upstairs and smoke there (where no body can smell her smoke) I think if all smokers habit like her, it will be great. I know my aunt was said that after eat smokers mouth feel biter if not smoke. But she keep try to ignore it and eat candy until she arrive at home and smoke at her place. Hope U also smokers like my aunty.... not smokers who make me have fever like now (I always got fever if I smell smoke)

well i guess they just feel that smoking is such a horrible un healthy habit. so they want to help u out of the habit they once had, becuz they knew how hard it was for them to give it up.

ok i dont have a go at smokers and the one time i get pissed off with them is when ur walking down the street and they all walk past you smoking and blowing the smoke into ur face. that just really annoys me then i turn around and tell em do you mind? my m8s smoke and stuff but i dont have a go at them because they dont smoke in public which i respect.

Bravo Gabs,I am getting sick of people in Mylot bagging smokers too.If I want to smoke I will damn well smoke and no amount of posts against it will stop me.I am aware that it is bad for my health.I'm not stupid! And I will give up one but but when I'M ready,not because I am being treated like a leper! Just stop with the anti-smoking posts for goodness sakes!

Well for one thing when others drank it usually doesnt affect our health (and its already illegal in most countries to drink in public, aside from bars. When people smoke in public it affects everyone's health.

I understand the conversations about second hand smoke and how it affects non-smokers. Therefore, if they want to make public buildings (courthouses, city hall, etc.) smoke-free, I completely concur. However, when they infringe on the rights of private businesses is where I feel they have gone wrong. They say that they want to make restaurants smoke-free because of the workers. Well, I'm sorry, but you don't have a God-given right to work somewhere. If you come to a restaurant for a job interview and you don't want to be around smoke, that should be one of your questions. And if they allow smoke, it is your choice whether to be employed. My mother-in-law owned a restaurant and swore that she would shut the doors before anyone told her she couldn't smoke in her own business. And I agree. There is some validity to curtailing smoking in public but the government has been allowed to go WAY OVERBOARD.

Good post Gabs. I'm a smoker and I find that 90% of those who complain about smokers polluting their indoor breathing space are those who own cars, and choke me when I'm walking OUTside, especially when I'm shopping. It's high time they got off their soap boxes and stopped to think what they're doing to the environment. Carbon dioxide emissions have been proven to cause asthma, which is a respiratory problem, and that's just for starters. So, as Gabs says... GIVE US A BREAK. You can always use a no-smoking area, and quit your grumbling. Besides which, most smokers, if like me, will consider your comfort more and avoid making you uncomfortable if you just leave them alone. Well said Gabs!!!

Well, I'm not against smokers. I just don't like those people who smoke around me and doesnt even care that I'm a non-smoker and they're in a non-smoking area. If I walk in an area where I see a smoking sign I just go someplace else.

I so agree with you Gabs!!! Bout time someone stood up for the smokers! I know it is a nasty habit. But there is so much complaining about it. I think there should be more on drunk driving. Drink drive kill-Smoke drive nothing! :)

First of all, Smokers smoke in public. Everywhere. I dont like smokers, cant stand being around smokers. Why should you hurt my lungs from being around smoker??? if you want to smoke, stay home!!!

I aggree with you, and I feel that a lot of the time it's the smokers that have stopped smoking that are the worst offenders. Smoking unlike drunk driving does not kill people, the alchoho; in the person kills people. If I visit a non smokers house, I take it outside out of respect to the person I'm visiting, I don't need to be told to give up, especially if they're drinking at the time. In my opinion, it's a case of live and let live, not live and nag.

Thank god someone finally posted this. i'm so sick of people hating me because I smoke, I respect their non-smoking public places and all of that because I do agree with them on why should they suffer from second hand smoke, but do they also realize that just breathing the air can cause the same thing? Pollution is way worse! But instead of seeing people like me who support them they just want to hate all smokers! It just pisses me off! I think if they are going to ban the smoking, then why should they stop there? they need to also start banning industries, factories, fast food, red meats, drinking, caffenine, and let's not forget to make all overweight people exercise! Gosh people, look at your own faults before you start critizing everyone else. Fix yourself then worry about other people.

I am a non-smoker. I don't go around telling people not to smoke, because they already know it's not a healthy habit. They're not going to quit just because I tell them to, so it's rediculous to bother anyway. My problem is that as much as it your right to smoke, it also my right to breathe clean air. And I don't think there are enough smokers who give a sh*t about that fact. No offense. :)

smoking is a very bad habbit, it takes to cancer so i think its better not to smoke

hey gabs great going thanks .all we smokers are with you . abt time they leave us alone . since u have quit try not to start again ALL THE BEST.

well one of the results of this post has been that most smokers will gang together to defend their rights. so how about we knock on all those posts that were annoying us so much saying that we smokers should die and bang them down. show thewm that smokers have voices, albeit a bit gruff

I agree 100 percent Gabs. I am a smoker but i refuse to be a victum. I wont go to non smoking establishments. If that means i have to order take out the so be it. I refuse to be vicimized. So i will just remove myself from those situations. Pretty soon i will be living like a hermit.