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I know this is a touchy subject. I'm not arguing the right for someone to inhale carcinogens into their lungs nor the fact that they're going to have to exhale. But I should also have the right to not inhale that crap. I haven't a clue how to decide on a delimiter, but when I can't even walk outside of my own apartment without smelling cigarette smoke, things are getting pretty bad.

I know what someone would say. "I can't smoke indoors, I can't smoke outdoors, what's next?" I don't have the answer. As I said, it's a touchy subject. But I do know that there's a simple matter of courtesy involved. If you're standing or sitting within several yards of various groups of people, chances are that several of them would rather not be around cigarette smoke. If you're near a large group of people, just give it a break for a little while. Choosing to not light up until you're in a more sparse area won't kill you--unlike the actual cigarette that you're craving.

This has nothing to do with being uncomfortable around smoke (but come on, the beach? There's no way smoke is making it more than two feet before it dissipates). It has to do with the government dealing with a problem (litter) in a completely ridiculous way. Instead of taking on the problem as a whole, it's passing a law that will only fix part of it, while at the same time removing the rights of a group of people. And there's already a law to take care of all of it.

This isn't pro / anti smoking thing. This is government being stupid and not seeing the big picture.

Love the site btw. Looks great.

Tommy - sorry, not true. If you manage to get downwind of a smoker, you're gonna smell it. Never underestimate the power of cigarette smoke smell to survive the most unlikely of conditions.

You may notice that I did not disagree with the point of the government making a boneheaded decision. Why aren't they enforcing the laws they already have instead of inventing new ones?

What I'm getting at is a message to smokers...I'd be much more respectful of their right to smoke if they'd be more respectful about doing so in crowded areas.

Ok, I'll give that you may be able to smell it. I meant simply that you won't have smoke blowing in your face.

Still I say that the guy with that bad BO smells bad and bothers me, but we don't have any laws that make you shower.

We're never going to agree on this, but I'm glad you understand my point. This isn't the only time they have passed laws when current laws would work fine if they enforced them.

I think that the Government needs to mind their own business,allow me and my felow cigar smokers to smoke in peace with out interfernce from those liberal buffons.

tell you what, any non smoker that stops driving there fuckin car so i dont have to smell that fucking exhaust and die from it along with the planet can come up to me and tell me to put my fucking cigarette out and i will. what i wont do is worry about peoples inconvienences to my smoke. your not gonna die from here and there doses. theres bigger problems in the world, even for some of these petty non smokers that like to complain. i have to deal with there complaining so they can deal with a little smoke. thats the problem i see today, nobody can take a little somfin somfin on the chin anymore. well sit next to me while i lite up, ill learn you some character yet.

and ill tell you something else. when i smoke at disneyland (which is against there rules) nobody says anything to me,,,,,wanna know why? cuz deep down they would know if they did there a pansy, there scared, not particularly of me but there scared of the culture they subscribed to. there hypocrites. they dont wanna say anything cuz they think it isnt cool. i say,,,stand up, tell me to put it out, dont be ashamed, im not ashamed of smoking in front of anybody so dont be ashamed of telling me to put it out. i wont put it out but that doesnt mean you cant ask. you know its none of your business but this new society of uptightness has programmed you to get ticked off at someone who may be invading your private personal right to a perfect "dont you ever inconvience me, nothing gives you the right" kind of attitude. am i right about all this? right, wrong,,,,,,who cares,im the guy smoking at disneyland and nobody saying nada bout nothing.

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