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In reply to the discussion: Dear stupid people smoking inside the bus shelter: [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)130. What you may not understand is that no matter where you smoke,
you still smell strongly of cigarettes. Especially if you smoke in an enclosed place, such as your car, out of consideration for others. All the cigarette smoke stays in your car and really gets into your clothes and hair.
Let me give you an example. When my sister sent me some baby clothes when I was expecting a baby, as soon as I opened the package they reeked of cigarette smoke and I had immediately to wash them. Why? Her husband smoked. She didn't, and her first child who'd previously worn them certainly didn't. But just being inside that house they got the smell.
So while we appreciate the fact that you don't smoke directly in front of us, trust us, we can still smell it on you.
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Tell me about it. The train station into Philly, walking distance from our home...
onehandle
Oct 2013
#2
I was pumping gas a few days ago, and a car pulls up at the pump right next to me.
Nye Bevan
Oct 2013
#5
It is much more difficult to start a gasoline fire with sparks than with flame
Mopar151
Oct 2013
#28
I wonder if non-smokers realize how much it SUCKS to be addicted to cigarettes...
bunnies
Oct 2013
#25
Ex-smoker here, and now I cannot stand it excepting tobacco that does NOT have chemicals in it.
KittyWampus
Oct 2013
#13
I agree. I was walking on the street behind a guy not long ago and he was smoking a cigarette
kestrel91316
Oct 2013
#39
Wouldn't surprise me if that's what it was. And if everybody smoked that one,
kestrel91316
Oct 2013
#137
Can't blame them at all. They have been banished and treated like pariahs. Forced
Laura PourMeADrink
Oct 2013
#19
That is how people think you get things done these days. Shame and bully people
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2013
#20
You are SO right. I go home to Dem CT and there are SO many rules for everything now. Went to
Laura PourMeADrink
Oct 2013
#32
think society as a whole, has become so incredibly judgemental. Wonder why that
Laura PourMeADrink
Oct 2013
#59
They choose to stand outside in the freezing cold. No one is forcing them to do anything.
Ikonoklast
Oct 2013
#26
Hmmmm. don't agree - they are being forced to go outside if they want to smoke. Wish
Laura PourMeADrink
Oct 2013
#33
Boo hoo. And drunks aren't allowed to wander the streets, chugging all day long either.
kestrel91316
Oct 2013
#40
We should beat them all up! All addicts suck and their disease should give us licence to
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#46
That's not what I'm saying and you know it. I just think addicts shouldn't be able to inflict their
kestrel91316
Oct 2013
#68
I don't smoke, but tell me since I also don't drive, how much more of YOUR smoke
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#71
I feel like neither a pariah nor banished; merely a bit stupid for continuing to smoke...
LanternWaste
Oct 2013
#45
I won't consider the battle "won" until smoking is banned in all public places.
Nye Bevan
Oct 2013
#47
I was called a smoking Nazi years ago because I wouldn't let someone hold my baby while smoking.
alphafemale
Oct 2013
#72
Fact is, they are breaking the law. There are signs posted all over about that. n/t
AngryOldDem
Oct 2013
#107
I'm sorry you lost your mom. Smoking like many other things is an addiction. I myself am addicted
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2013
#23
Same could be said of drivers whose emissions are far greater and pose an exponentially higher
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#73
If auto emissions were less of a health risk than cigarette smoke as you arbitrarily claim
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#76
Interesting study, all about just particles, the weather is cool today so there is no climate change
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#82
People enjoy hating people, God I hate people like that! (bad joke sorry, but true about the hate)
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#31
I believe it may be yet another unfortunate remnaint of a hard wired primate psychology
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#67
Actually, the woman must have realized she was making a huge fool out of herself,
Zorra
Oct 2013
#99
I do understand it is not always easy to have compassion for addicts. My sister in law is a
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2013
#48
"The saddest thing that I'd ever seen were smokers outside the hospital doors"
Arugula Latte
Oct 2013
#53
apparently we're all nazis for wanting to breath air without toxins, allergens, and carcinogens
unblock
Oct 2013
#60
Gotta love the addicts defending their addiction in threads like these. nt
RedCappedBandit
Oct 2013
#86