why are smokers made to feel like criminals?
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You shouldn't have to feel bad for smoking. Everyone has habits, whether bad or good, and they should respect people choices or learn some manners and keep their mouth shut. Its be studied that second hand smoke is not as dangerous as everyone is led to believe. Those "second-hand smokers" would have to be in a small, closed-off room with you smoking for a long period of time to actually have an effect. Walking by someone while they are smoking is not going to damage them, the chemicals are diffused in the air, so they are not actually recieving many if any chemicals when they breath. People forget that the sun is also dangerous, but they still choose to be in it. There are so many things that are much more life threating than smoking. They should get over themselves because they probably have things that are looked down upon. They have already banned smokers from resturants and other public places. Smokers are people too and they should recieve rights just like any other people. If non-smokers want to do something about smoking, they should boycott Phillip-Morris. They forget that Phillip-Morris owns a lot of things, like Kraft for instance, so if they don't like smoking, they shouldn't buy anything from Kraft.
Just be yourself, bro. You don't have to validate yourself to anyone. They don't have to smoke, they can have their habits too.
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Some are concerned about themselves through second hand smoke and other care about your health.
It's not only harmful to yourself but those around you. Secondhand smoke is just as dangerous as actually smoking, and those of us who actually care about our health don't want to breath your smoke. Besides which cigarette smoke smells absolutely revolting. In my opinion it's extremely inconsiderate to make others breath your smoke. If we make you feel like criminals it's not because it's bad for YOUR health, it because it's bad for OUR health!
If you like the idea of dying by choking on your own vomit because you have emphyzyma induced by smoking, then by all means - just don't breathe your smoke into my air space.
Do some research on www.webmd.com if you really don't get it.
Because you're poluting OUR health when you smoke around us.
What you do in your house is fine, but why should my health have to suffer because I happen to pass you walking down the street?
Well, it's not because your killing yourself, it's because your killing others. When I go to work I have to walk by people who are smoking. That's really sad because I am pregnant and don't want to harm my baby. Why should I be made to breathe other peoples cig smoke?
Not to be harsh, but.. If someone stood next to you and forced you to consume a chemical that would slowly kill you - how long would you put up with it?
I'm particularly sensitive to the subject, because my father died from lung cancer.
I don't think so. I believe tobacco is a scapegoat. There are carcinogens in lots of things we consume on a daily basis but noone says anything about that. Think about it, put a thousand smokers in a garage and have them chain smoke for a night. Then put a thousand non-smokers in a garage with a running vehicle for a night. Come back in the morning and see which ones are still breathing. The pollution coming out of those exhausts is pretty lethal huh? but how many people will give up their car?
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You naughty little smoker you. Have a cherry instead. Don't forget to give your kids some kool-aid and a good lollipop.
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Well regaurdless of what you do to yourself, whenever you smoke in front of people, you're exposing them to some of the most deadly chemicals known to man. If you want to give yourself cancer, thats your business (although know that your painful early death will be felt by everyone who loves you and will have to be put through that pain just so you can puff up) . But you should feel damn guilty about hurting other people.
Also, that smoke doesn't just disappear. It goes up into the sky and contributes to our overall air polution problem.
So in my view, hurting other animals and the enviroment in which we all have to live is kinda a big deal.
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Both my parents have been heavy smokers my whole life. I now have chronically weak bronchi. I have to carry an inhaler everywhere I go. I'm 23.
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I feel the same way. I feel like I should hide it all the time. They make us feel like a criminal because it is bad for our health, yah its our health. I'm 29 and I feel like a 13 yr old tring to hide it. I say everything you do just about is bad for our health, so screw everyone else if they don't like it, toooooo bad go somewhere else.
I think there's a huge double standard going on here. Keep in mind most of you drive automobiles, polluting our environment and air as well.
Because you are killing yourself, and maybe the people in close proximity to you. Therefore, you are a criminal.
When you smoke you are forcing those around you to smoke against their will. Some studies actually say that secondhand smoke is MORE harmful. Another reason some people don't like it is because smokers are a HUGE drain on our public health system. Smokers choose to smoke then when they get sick our medical system tries to keep them alive. Everyone's insurance goes up, medical costs increase, public healthcare cannot afford to keep idiots who choose to slowly commit suicide alive. Have you ever watched anyone choke to death because they smoked? I have. It aint pretty. When you smoke around others you may be forcing them to die the same horrible death. How can you expect people to smile and allow it. I'm considering carrying a bat with me and using it on anyone who lights up around me in a public place. I'll claim self defense, and I bet if I have a good enough lawyer it will work. Can't you hear me now, "Your honor he was SMOKING and I was forced to breathe his toxic waste. I knew it was me or him so I clubbed him. If he were coming at me with a gun or a knife you wouldn't blame me, so why should I endure a chemical attack?" By the way, if you smoke in public YOU ARE A CRIMINAL! Go home and suck your vehicle's tail pipe. It will be faster for you, cheaper and safer for us.
Smoking is a vice.
EVERY ONE HAS A VICE <gambling, vanity, alcohal, drugs, sex, steeling, lying.ect.>. They are just embarrased about their vice.
Subconciously, they are projecting their distain for their own vice onto you because it's "Socially Acceptable". Smokers are worse than murderers and pedifiles in today's society.they can be a target at anytime, and people like to persecute other people.when they really wish they could persecute themselves and correct their own vice.
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