"Smokers in general have no regard for others' comforts." Yeah Heidi. Good one. Instead, how about people that generalize have no regard for the truth? Just because we chose to smoke doesn't mean we don't care about others. I don't intentionally run up to babies in strollers and choke them out. I stand outside of my dorm, off to side, out of the way. It may not be 15 feet away, but it's enough. I know that asthma and other related conditions are serious so I, and most smokers, are certain to blow our smoke away from other people. I'm sorry if it negatively affects some, but I'm not going to stop smoking for the comfort of others. PDA and public profanity make me uncomfortable but I don't complain about it. And I know that some will say "oh but it's different because it's about health." Getting lung cancer from inhaling second hand smoke a few times a day is highly unlikely. And what did you expect moving to a city where people are everywhere and many of them smoke?
And finally, don't even tell me that smokers are persecuted. They are. Why else would cigarettes now cost $10 a pack? Taxes keep rising just to dissuade people from smoking. That is the only reason. When I started smoking two years ago, cigarettes in PA were $4. Now that are $6. That number will keep climbing until no one can afford to smoke. How would you feel if they constantly increased the tax on alcohol? You feign being health-conscious but that would devastate you.
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Ashley
Nov 06, 2009
1:45 p.m.
"Smokers in general have no regard for others' comforts." Yeah Heidi. Good one. Instead, how about people that generalize have no regard for the truth? Just because we chose to smoke doesn't mean we don't care about others. I don't intentionally run up to babies in strollers and choke them out. I stand outside of my dorm, off to side, out of the way. It may not be 15 feet away, but it's enough. I know that asthma and other related conditions are serious so I, and most smokers, are certain to blow our smoke away from other people. I'm sorry if it negatively affects some, but I'm not going to stop smoking for the comfort of others. PDA and public profanity make me uncomfortable but I don't complain about it. And I know that some will say "oh but it's different because it's about health." Getting lung cancer from inhaling second hand smoke a few times a day is highly unlikely. And what did you expect moving to a city where people are everywhere and many of them smoke?
And finally, don't even tell me that smokers are persecuted. They are. Why else would cigarettes now cost $10 a pack? Taxes keep rising just to dissuade people from smoking. That is the only reason. When I started smoking two years ago, cigarettes in PA were $4. Now that are $6. That number will keep climbing until no one can afford to smoke. How would you feel if they constantly increased the tax on alcohol? You feign being health-conscious but that would devastate you.