McGruff

I don't smoke by the way.

Fast food is unhealthy, not excercising on a regular basis is unhealthy, why should I be exposed to any of that??

Mike Jones

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You don't have to eat fast food, or not excercise but if you go to a resturant with someone who smokes you don't have a choice. Those are completely different.

meissen

Exactly. I don't have a choice to not breathe smoke. I have a choice to not eat fast food. I have a choice to excercise or not. But when I'm driving and some ******* has to light up next to me, even rolling up the windows doesn't help because the air conditioner just sucks it up and instead the vents aim that smoke right at you. At that, I shouldn't have to change my actions just because some **** feels the need to burn his own lungs and hurt everyone else's health around them. Secondly, there is no **** excuse for those that say "I can't quit, I'm addicted." The **** are they thinking? My dad smoked 3 packs a day, he quit cold turkey and never went back. Hell, the reason he quit was because they raised the **** taxes. He quit just because he didn't want to have to pay so much, yet others say "Oh, I want to quit, but I can't because I'm addicted" thats total ********.

McGruff

So leaving is not an option? Last time I checked you can't smoke in grocery stores. So go buy some groceries and eat at home, no one forces you to eat out.

This is the same as the argument about how gingerbread men should be called gingerbread people.

archemedes

I agree with Josh,I see people ********, but then they do annoying stuff in public too

McGruff

You are total ********. Are you not familiar with the word addiction? Look at up here: www.m-w.com.

There is a button on your A/C to recirculate the air so that its not coming in from outside. I suggest you press that button and stop whining.

meissen

While it is a good arguement that you could buy some groceries and eat at home, people shouldn't have to be forced to stay at home just because people want to smoke. They could just as easilly go outside or simply not smoke in the restaraunt while still staying there. There's no excuse that someone can't go one to two hours without smoking.

McGruff

And you could just as easily do the same. There is no reason you can't go two hours without dealing with someone smoking.

meissen

Actually, 94 Camaros don't have recirculate. And like I said, my dad was addicted to the point he was smoking 3 packs a day just to get his nicotine craving satisfied. I kid you not, he actually used to wake up in the middle of the night from the cravings, he'd have to go smoke a cig or two before he could go back to bed. He would wake up at 5am and smoke a pack before he even left for work, he even smoked in the shower. He went to the liqour store, they had raised the taxes again on the cigs, and he walked out and quit cold turkey. That's beating the addiction, and it's very possible.

meissen

Those two hours are like stabbing nails into my lungs. I'd rather breathe fresh air for those two hours than have to deal with breathing in second hand smoke. Secondly, with my asthma, I can't just as easily do the same.

McGruff

Well then bring your inhaler or puffer, whatever the **** its called and deal with it.

People smoke so then can get a break from the stress, the **** that people put them through all day - there is no reason for them to have to listen to you when they are trying to relax.

McGruff

Sure its possible, but why quit if you don't want to? Some people have no reason to quit. It's like me telling you to quit driving your car from now on - your dad quit smoking cigs cold turkey, so you should be able to quit driving cold turkey.

meissen

And it's just like the government telling us we have to buckle up. If I don't want to buckle up, I shouldn't have to... but for my safety, they tell me I have to buckle up (I always wear a seatbelt regardless). If they can tell us we have to wear a seatbelt just to save our lives, there's not much of a difference in them telling us we can't smoke.

McGruff

The government doesn't tell me I can't smoke. Private business owners tell me I can't smoke in their extablishments - therefor I won't visit them. If I do, I won't smoke. If someone is neutral, then I'm all for it and will take advantage of it to the fullest extent.

Remember, I don't smoke either...

NCamaro94

i can see both sides but lean more to meiss's. Second hand smoke is just as bad as smoking really. I have asthma as well and I understand about not being able to take smoke. I think that places need to be smoke free or seperate the sections better. People can either walk outside to their car to smoke or something needs to be done to the place of business so that even though you are sitting in non-smoking you still smell smoke. Of course most smokers don't give a **** and just light it up anyways, being inconsiderate as they are. I dunno, smoking is really ironic. people do it to relieve stress, yet its killing them more and more each cig they smoke.