I smoke, so leave me alone

eh, it's society. It's like the difference between a gay couple and a straight couple being seen in public. People ask and sometimes say it's wrong to gay couples but nobody bothers the straight ones.

It's mostly because of the health issues that derive from smoking that society frowns upon it.

fat people are not doing anything that can lead 2 others dieing, smokers do!!!!!!!!

Here! Here! Ive been a smoker for 74 years and all ive had is throat cancer, stomach ulcers and 4 hearties, leave us alone.

If you want people to leave you alone then dont post stupid rants on internet message boards.

I smoke too. Big deal.

Its anal retentive upper middle class people who think their shit doesnt stink because they live on quarter acre yeards where the house takes up the whole property and you cant see a difference in their house and the ones next door they spend all their time shoping at super wal-mart and the wife decides to quit working and just make babys and acts like she has a harder time then the husband whos out putting in 50 hours a week to keep her growing fat ass happy. While shes more worried about being jealus of the neighbors down the street who painted their hallway purple so next thing you know her hard working husband isnt getting to sleep in on saturday hes up at 6 in the god damn morning painting the hall way yellow just so she feels better about her peice of shit baby making life. Those are the people who sit at home all day and worry about smokers smoking in the same building has them and their kids that they are turning into mammmas boys because they are being raised by a women, those are the people who tri their hardest to pass laws on smoking because they dont have anything better to do then go to super wal-mart and be in the PTSA. Next your going to hear that smoking is causing global warming too so quit while you can before they bring back burning people at the stake. GOOD LUCK

Awesome post, I agree.

I disagree.Smoking is like religion you should have to do it in your home or another place where all present are doing it but it shouldnt be done when people are present who dont want to be bothered with it.people are tired of breathing someones else smoke-if you want to kill yourself then fine but dont drag me with you.

Let's face the facts: smoking is pretty gross and is the last thing I want to have blown into my face as I'm walking down the street. I don't spit my chewing gum into your face.
If you don't smoke into my face, enjoy it by all means. But seriously, to all smokers out there, it's kind of annoying.

u just got done watching that one movie, didnt you?

that thing about the guy who represented the smoking company, then something about him being kidnapped, somone putting alot of nicotine patches on, doctor saying "smoking saved ur life" etc

I smoke, and am not proud of it, but neither am I ashamed. For the record, I take pains to keep my smoke away from people nd especially kids and babies when I walk past them, and will not smoke or will put it out when I am near them and not moving. I think this should be done by everyone just based on human decency. But I do understand where you are coming from because so many people ARE inconsiderate ass-holes. But do not judge every smoker on this sh it.

How many people out there have smoked more than 20 years. Or whos parents or grandparents still smoke.

Your crazy slack its a free country people should be aloud to smoke if they want to. Sure its smelly but like seriously if there is a smoking section in a resturant and your in the non smoking section does it really effect you? NO. And seriously who blows smoke in your face when your walking down the street? Just drop it I dont smoke I hate it but I hate people who tri to pass laws on it more there is plenty of other things in this country that should be taken care of before people being aloud to smoke.

ew

Yes it does affect non smokers, when i was a kid before they banned smokeing from restraunts, at sizzlers all the smoke from the smokers section use to go up in the air vent andor drift over to the non smokers section.

And who want to eat a nice meal surrounded by smoke.
All i have to do is walk down the road and i can smell cigg smoke from people driveing past in there cars.

I don't know their names. They just do it.

Black people have massive cocks.

Fat people don't do anything to invade my health. Smoking does. You have the right to smoke just like the right to own a gun. But when you start taking shots at me, I want that right to be taken away. Go to the shooting range.

I had lung cancer in 2000 and had part of my right lung removed. I say if people want to smoke then so be it.

i used to smoke and my boyfriend does along with alot of my family. its your choice if you want to smoke. i liked the feeling of having a fag in my hand as well as the fag itself. ignore what people are saying and tell them to back off, its your life not theirs.
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Cry me a river.

I don't smoke because it smells like shit, it turns your teeth yellow, it promotes wrinkles... blah blah you have heard it before. I like the way I look. If other people dont care about the way they look or their health so be it. I say, smoking outside is annoying but within the smoker's rights.

Smoking in a building is like farting in an elevator 5x... they shouild make that illegal too.

Despite the fact that my mother died of a smoking-related disease, it may surprise you to know that I don't find smoking completely objectionable. It's legal, and those who smoke should not be hounded to death for doing so. Now for my objections.

(1) The odor of cigarette smoke permeates any kind of fabric when smoking is done indoors. This is why many landlords and hoteliers will not permit smokers to rent/room in their places.
(2) Anyone who has ever kissed a smoker knows that the taste and smell is nauseating, unless you are a smoker as well.
(3) Many smokers cause serious accidents. For example, they fall asleep while smoking and set clothing and/or furniture on fire -- my mother did this many times; she also accidentally burned my two-year old daughter while she was babysitting.
(4) There is absolutely NO doubt that smoking has a causal relationship with many lung diseases including cancer, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, etc. Second-hand smoke, if nothing else, also causes other people's clothing and other belongings to reek, and particularly with the very young or immune compromised, it restricts the availability of healthy air.

So if you wish to smoke, rest assured that I will not try to stop you. In turn, I ask that you not try to stop ME from exercising my right to object to smoking and all of the ills that it causes.

stop that shit you'll kill yourself

I agree!!!!!!!!

when i was 12 i started to smoke because all my m8s smoked. i knew i shouldnt have tried it but i did. at 12 i got took home by the cops for smokin. before that i wanted to be a cop untill then ,after that i wanted to be an engenier because my grandad is one. i dont see him much because he works away. i agree we should be able to smoke without the cops bothering people E.G teens 11-17 should be able to smoke without being bothered by the cops. hoo agrees with me!