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I agree that smoking should be banned. It was banned in the city where I lived just before I left the US. It’s soooo nice going into a bar and not have to gasp for breath. My husband smokes and it’s amazing how he doesn’t smell it because his senses are so weakened due to smoking. We made sure we had a terrace/balcony so he can smoke outside. I yell at him for lighting up in restaurants here even though he can because he should respect my wishes to not breathe the crap.
About the 2nd hand smoke….
Yes smokers you are killing us. No matter what statistics say I’ve seen it in my family. A wife gets lung cancer and the smoker husband keeps puffing away!
I don’t smoke, but I don’t consider other people’s smoking a priority. We don’t allow people to smoke in our apartment, but that’s it.
Outside of our apartment, we adapt to our surroundings. We’ve never had to struggle to avoid smoking if we decided we wanted to and we’ve never harrassed anybody who is exercising this habit legally.
We certainly try to avoid our child’s exposure to smoke, but I sincerely believe the second-hand smoke issue is over blown. TBH, I am more afraid of those who terrorize smokers than I am of the smoke itself. 🙂
CCS – I am a living (at present anyhow) example of how second hand smoke can effect someones life, and contribute to illness.
My mother (and father for that matter) smoked for many years around us kids growing up. They had been smoking since their early teen years. My father subsequently gave it up, after a health scare, but mother continued until she died (of emphysema, caused by smoking).
I worked in pubs as a teenager (which were so full of smoke that one could not see the door), and despite putting on ancient extractor fans, the whole place was almost constantly full of other peoples smoke.
I have never ever wanted to inhale smoke into my lungs. I took a decision not to. Mainly because I dislike it, but also because I have learned about (and experienced) the adverse effects on those I love.
Now, whenever I get a cold, it goes straight to my lungs, developing into lung infection, bronchitis, etc. My lungs are those of an 80 year old, whereas the rest has more than 30 years to catch up. My doctor tells me I will always have problems, and it is no joke to struggle for breath.
Would you be so complaisant if people were smoking hash or other noxious chemicals in your childs (or your own) presence?
I don’t have the link here but I was reading on the ORF website that there is talk of a strikt by the Trafiks on 26 November– and that the automats, tankstellen, etc. wouldn’t be selling any on that day either.
Pity that it can’t be a permanent strike!
@ericaarmstrong wrote:
CCS – I am a living (at present anyhow) example of how second hand smoke can effect someones life, and contribute to illness.
*snip*
Would you be so complaisant if people were smoking hash or other noxious chemicals in your childs (or your own) presence?
I have no dispute with the results of *first* hand smoking and I can’t possibly dispute your ailments and their relation to second hand smoke because I don’t know anything about you.
You are certainly energized by the subject, but I stand with my earlier comments.
Regarding hash smokers: people who might smoke hash in front of my children are more to be feared for the illicit lifestyle they apparently enjoy than any billowing smoke they may generate.
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