Secondhand smoke issues
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Topic Starter👍 soulmate(as if I weren't already being radical enough in my own head😳 )
Look, you have to realize there isn't just one type of smoker or non-smoker. You’ve got the guys who toss their butts on the sidewalk, cough everywhere, and light up regardless of where they are—like standing at a crowded bus stop in a downpour—and then you have the ones who actually grasp how obnoxious their addiction is and might even feel bad about it.
Then you have non-smokers. Some people—like the OP and myself—experience secondhand smoke as a literal physical assault, while others don't give a damn if they're sitting in a cloud of smog. Because this spectrum of people is so wildly inconsistent, you can't just rely on that naive "we're all humans, we'll work it out" logic. We need strict legislation—the kind of rules where you could actually go skiing in Italy without walking into a cabin and getting choked out by cigarette stench—paired with actual positive incentives to help people quit.
The reality is that smoking is a choice, not some biological necessity, yet it causes direct harm to every living thing surrounding the smoker. But in the eyes of the economy, a smoker is treated like a VIP customer, which is why they're allowed to puff away in bars, clubs, casinos, blah blah blah. I guess the powers that be are specifically catering to that exact demographic.🤷
I've been a passive smoker my entire life. At home, it was my parents; at work, it was a colleague who would just nonchalantly light up right in our faces even though the three of us don't smoke and it was "strictly" prohibited. When I finally spoke up, I almost lost my job.🙄 I am beyond pissed about having to make this sacrifice—sacrificing my own well-being to an altar of filth that surrounds me. I honestly expect a day when smokers finally become the problem, instead of non-smokers always being the ones forced to deal with it.
Look, you have to realize there isn't just one type of smoker or non-smoker. You’ve got the guys who toss their butts on the sidewalk, cough everywhere, and light up regardless of where they are—like standing at a crowded bus stop in a downpour—and then you have the ones who actually grasp how obnoxious their addiction is and might even feel bad about it.
Then you have non-smokers. Some people—like the OP and myself—experience secondhand smoke as a literal physical assault, while others don't give a damn if they're sitting in a cloud of smog. Because this spectrum of people is so wildly inconsistent, you can't just rely on that naive "we're all humans, we'll work it out" logic. We need strict legislation—the kind of rules where you could actually go skiing in Italy without walking into a cabin and getting choked out by cigarette stench—paired with actual positive incentives to help people quit.
The reality is that smoking is a choice, not some biological necessity, yet it causes direct harm to every living thing surrounding the smoker. But in the eyes of the economy, a smoker is treated like a VIP customer, which is why they're allowed to puff away in bars, clubs, casinos, blah blah blah. I guess the powers that be are specifically catering to that exact demographic.🤷
I've been a passive smoker my entire life. At home, it was my parents; at work, it was a colleague who would just nonchalantly light up right in our faces even though the three of us don't smoke and it was "strictly" prohibited. When I finally spoke up, I almost lost my job.🙄 I am beyond pissed about having to make this sacrifice—sacrificing my own well-being to an altar of filth that surrounds me. I honestly expect a day when smokers finally become the problem, instead of non-smokers always being the ones forced to deal with it.