targetonmyskull said:
I am a smoker, and still support the ban. Call me hypocritical, but I see it as being responsible and respectful. Just because I choose to smoke doesn't mean I have the right to force my fumes on to others. I see it as a way for everyone to enjoy the same businesses without having half the customers being at least uncomfortable.

Can't we just play nice?

I think I love you.

When the ban came in over here, it was such a relief to be able to go out to the pub and come home without stinking like a dozen ashtrays, never mind knowing that I'd spent all that time breathing the stuff in.

When (some) smokers complain about having their rights infringed by being forced to smoke outside, it really annoys me. Yes, they have the right to smoke if they want to. But I don't consider them being prevented from doing that when it becomes harmful to other people to be a breach of their rights.

And the 'if you don't like it, go somewhere else' argument? How arrogant. Why should I? I'm not the one causing the nuisance and harm. Am I supposed to stay at home?

ASSH0LE

Las Vegas, NV

June 2003

SEP 01, 2007 12:34 PM

TheCoolerKing said:
She has no intention of quitting, even after the nationwide ban forced tobacco-lovers outside.

If you can find me any evidence of a nationwide ban on smoking indoors then the article you quoted isn't a crock of shit.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH

April 2004

SEP 01, 2007 12:45 PM

ASSH0LE said:

TheCoolerKing said:
She has no intention of quitting, even after the nationwide ban forced tobacco-lovers outside.

If you can find me any evidence of a nationwide ban on smoking indoors then the article you quoted isn't a crock of shit.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

The article is referring to the ban on indoor smoking in public places in England.

Another interesting quote from the article:

Despite the numerous health warnings, Mrs Langley insists she's never suffered because of the habit as she "has never inhaled".

Gringo

Spokane, WA

May 2006

SEP 01, 2007 01:19 PM

Cigarette said:
Another interesting quote from the article:

Despite the numerous health warnings, Mrs Langley insists she's never suffered because of the habit as she "has never inhaled".

So the Bill Clinton Method Of Smoking is paying off yet another dividend?

Adelayde

Ellicott City, MD

September 2004

SEP 03, 2007 10:02 AM

i recently went to a non smoking bar. i hated it. i don't mind, if there is an outdoor section of the bar or something like that. but not being able to smoke while i drink... i can't do that. i'll just start drinking at home, i guess.

currently, in most counties in MD, you can smoke in a bar, as long as the bar is separate from the rest of the restaurant... as in WALLS separating them... not a sign. those kinds of smoking sections were gone long ago... where i go, anyway.

almostfamous

NEWSWIRE

United Kingdom

SEP 04, 2007 11:08 AM

averinne said:

almostfamous said:

Rafi said:
[one-trick pony] And as with every smoking thread, my only contribution despite being a lifelong nonsmoker will be to repost this quote by the late, great Bill Hicks: [/one-trick pony]

Any non-smokers here? I now realize I smoke for simply one reason and one reason alone, and that is spite. I hate you non-smokers with all of my little black fucking heart, you obnoxious, self-righteous, whining little fucks, my biggest fear, if I quit smoking, is that I'll become one of you.

Dude died of cancer at 32. You think if he'd have known that was coming he'd have still smoked out of spite?

He died of pancreatic cancer, not lung cancer. It was unrelated to his smoking.

Even if he had died of lung cancer, the man had mad joke skills.

Because smoking only causes lung cancer...

Cigarette smoking, already known to double the risk of pancreatic cancer, may also cause the deadly cancer to strike decades earlier in smokers than in nonsmokers.

From here. Smoking causes cancer. Lots and lots of different kinds of cancer.
I never questioned Bill Hicks's joke skills. I will never question his joke skills. This one is pretty funny...

Not a time to quit smoking, kids, but I fucking did it. And yes, I miss 'em. It is hard to quit smoking. Every one of them looks real good to me right now. Every cigarette looks like it was made by God, rolled by Jesus, and moistened shut with Claudia Schiffer's pussy right now.

This one's not so funny.

"Bill didn't want to die," Steve Hicks [Bill's older brother] says. "Nobody wants to die. A couple of weeks before he passed away, he told me, 'I've worked my whole life to get here and told a million jokes along the way. And now I realise the joke's on me.'"

nousername

Philadelphia, PA

April 2007

SEP 06, 2007 08:22 PM

my first reaction as well as many others was... who counts their cigarettes?!

as for the ban on smoking in buildings... i'm for it

no more coming home wit stinky smoky clothes from the bar... now i can just come home smelling like my own sweaty b.o.

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United Kingdom

June 2004

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Las Vegas, NV

June 2003

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Cigarette

Cleveland, OH

April 2004

SEP 01, 2007 12:45 PM

Gringo

Spokane, WA

May 2006

SEP 01, 2007 01:19 PM

Adelayde

Ellicott City, MD

September 2004

SEP 03, 2007 10:02 AM

almostfamous

NEWSWIRE

United Kingdom

SEP 04, 2007 11:08 AM

nousername

Philadelphia, PA

April 2007

SEP 06, 2007 08:22 PM