These smoking laws and bans . [View All]

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I admit I smoke , I wish I had never started . I've been smoking 37 years and used to smoke 3 packs a day . Somewhere along the way I cut back to 1 pack a day , this was not out of a deliberate cutback perhaps since they spiked up the nic this is the reason .

I have absolutely no sense of smell , never have but there are rare times when I have smelled cig smoke or gasoline , the cig smoke was quite bad .

Now with all these new bans suddenly smokes are a target by people who don't smoke . It was never lets give people the choice if they want to quite and if so offer free stop smoking plans or patches , no lets just bump this on them and fine them and push them off as a threat to everyones health .

Lets never consider how difficult it is to quit and lets mark them as criminals who suddenly have to change their entire life style to comply with the will of others .

I can go places and not smoke for hours without a problem and respect the wishes of others however if there is nowhere I can go even outdoors in some areas in calif then I have to cut off half of my life .

I can understand not smoking indoors but not everywhere . I don't like being marked as a target .

There are many things that none smokers that may not be a health hazzard to me but are none the less troublesome and irritating .

I can't go out to eat without hearing someones unruley child screaming or enjoy a movie without the same thing .

I am forced to listen to extremely loud car sound systems which was once against the law but somehow this just vanished , now loud is good and even though auto manufactureres removed the ash trays through the motivation of profit they now offer loud sound systems as factory equipment .

Now this may not be a health hazard other than my loss of hearing , along with the alarm systems set off by the slightest vibration , but this is ok , it's ok that everytime someone unlocks or locks their car I have to hear the series of beeps or horn blasts . This is a promotion of car insurance companies for a lower rate but does nothing at all to stop auto theft . Have you ever seen anyone rush out when an alarm goes off , never , it just times out and is ignored .

I don't drive much but I have to breath the toxic exhaust fumes and tire dust and have no say in this at all .

What really astounds me it people get bent out of shape with a smoker but not with their car exhaust which is much worse , you may not smell it but it's there in an invisable killer but yet this is just now been decided it may pose a health risk .


I am not here to promote smoking or encourage it , far from it .

I am here to say lets be fair and not just focus on one aspect in this toxic , polluted world .

It is not a pleasent sight to sit down to dinner and watch people chew with their mouths open or eat ten times what is considered normal , this is a health risk with a cushion , you are bashing the overweight .

I do not see why there cannot be smoking and none smoking bars , there is a sign so make your choice and shut up .

I have been trying to quit smoking but I must say it will never be because of the none smokers push or insult .

I just try my best to follow laws and rules and not judge people since it is not my place to change people nore is it theirs to change me .

Change takes effort and understanding and in most cases help not a hit over the head with a club .

I voted yes for the one dollar tax on cigs here in calif years ago because this money was supposed to go to cancer cures and smoking programs but where has this money gone , well I will never find the answer for that .

All I would ask is before a none smoker jumps into a rage because they feel they have the power of law on their side , stop and think of the person who smokes , understand it is an addiction and not a deliberate slap in your face , it is a battle for the smoker and we don't need forced banter to make it worse .

I have been outside , downwind and I mean strong wind and have had none smokers wave their arms in protest when they are not in any threat of the smoke , this is now their programed mindset .

I have worked in small closed offices breathing 10 different perfumes or aftershaves and bug sprays that are sent through the entire office and I don't feel these are doing me any good at all , but then I can say nothing .

Think before you react , that's pretty simple .