Reply #139: With strangers, though, you're much more likely to be affected by smokers

[Arugula Latte]

It's literally in your face. I freaking HATE walking through a cloud of smoke to get in a store or something. It reeks, it's harmful to my lungs, it literally turns my stomach.

Alcohol, yes, affects strangers, and can affect them quite severely (drunk driving crashes, etc.). However, unless you routinely get into bar fights with drunks, strangers drinking alcohol is not as likely to be a frequent annoyance factor as strangers who smoke and subject you to their stinking habit. In your life there will be countless times when you are affected by a stranger's cigarette smoke; there won't be nearly as many times that you're affected by a drunk (I'm not weighing severity of consequences; I'm weighing frequency).

Now, living with drunks and smokers ... both suck mightily, I'm sure.