Do smokers piss you off?

[Liza]

Personally smokers just tick me off. I really don't give a care if they want to endanger their lives with those cancer sticks but they can do it in the privacy of their own homes, in their cars with the windows up so they don't lose any of that precious smoke (they can just take it all in better that way). I tolerated smokers before CF, even though I didn't like it then. My father in law died of smoke related lung cancer, my husband was a smoker, my mother and father were smokers (off and on throughout the years)and it's still just a gross nasty habit. But whatever floats their boat, that's fine, they just need to keep it solely to themselves. They are endangering my life, my kids lives, and the lives of other people when they smoke in a restaurant, right outside the door of an establishment and even in their cars with their cancer sticks hanging out the window to blow into MY car's window or through the ventilation system. Luckily I have a filter on my car and when I see a car with a hanging ciggy I quickly roll up the windows and turn on the recirculating air. They cause fires when they flick their cigarettes out the window cause "oh, they'll degrade, so it's not polluting". Here in Texas we have a number to call during high fire season and I haven't hesitated to call and report a flicked cigarette. Sure I blame the cigarette companies for making them so enticing and addicting, but I blame the smoker too. Just as I'd blame a druggie and their supplier or a drunk driver as well as the bar that kept serving them. They're all the same to me.

Hot topic, can't wait to read all the others.

 

[Liza]

Personally smokers just tick me off. I really don't give a care if they want to endanger their lives with those cancer sticks but they can do it in the privacy of their own homes, in their cars with the windows up so they don't lose any of that precious smoke (they can just take it all in better that way). I tolerated smokers before CF, even though I didn't like it then. My father in law died of smoke related lung cancer, my husband was a smoker, my mother and father were smokers (off and on throughout the years)and it's still just a gross nasty habit. But whatever floats their boat, that's fine, they just need to keep it solely to themselves. They are endangering my life, my kids lives, and the lives of other people when they smoke in a restaurant, right outside the door of an establishment and even in their cars with their cancer sticks hanging out the window to blow into MY car's window or through the ventilation system. Luckily I have a filter on my car and when I see a car with a hanging ciggy I quickly roll up the windows and turn on the recirculating air. They cause fires when they flick their cigarettes out the window cause "oh, they'll degrade, so it's not polluting". Here in Texas we have a number to call during high fire season and I haven't hesitated to call and report a flicked cigarette. Sure I blame the cigarette companies for making them so enticing and addicting, but I blame the smoker too. Just as I'd blame a druggie and their supplier or a drunk driver as well as the bar that kept serving them. They're all the same to me.

Hot topic, can't wait to read all the others.

 

[Liza]

Personally smokers just tick me off. I really don't give a care if they want to endanger their lives with those cancer sticks but they can do it in the privacy of their own homes, in their cars with the windows up so they don't lose any of that precious smoke (they can just take it all in better that way). I tolerated smokers before CF, even though I didn't like it then. My father in law died of smoke related lung cancer, my husband was a smoker, my mother and father were smokers (off and on throughout the years)and it's still just a gross nasty habit. But whatever floats their boat, that's fine, they just need to keep it solely to themselves. They are endangering my life, my kids lives, and the lives of other people when they smoke in a restaurant, right outside the door of an establishment and even in their cars with their cancer sticks hanging out the window to blow into MY car's window or through the ventilation system. Luckily I have a filter on my car and when I see a car with a hanging ciggy I quickly roll up the windows and turn on the recirculating air. They cause fires when they flick their cigarettes out the window cause "oh, they'll degrade, so it's not polluting". Here in Texas we have a number to call during high fire season and I haven't hesitated to call and report a flicked cigarette. Sure I blame the cigarette companies for making them so enticing and addicting, but I blame the smoker too. Just as I'd blame a druggie and their supplier or a drunk driver as well as the bar that kept serving them. They're all the same to me.

Hot topic, can't wait to read all the others.

 

[Liza]

Personally smokers just tick me off. I really don't give a care if they want to endanger their lives with those cancer sticks but they can do it in the privacy of their own homes, in their cars with the windows up so they don't lose any of that precious smoke (they can just take it all in better that way). I tolerated smokers before CF, even though I didn't like it then. My father in law died of smoke related lung cancer, my husband was a smoker, my mother and father were smokers (off and on throughout the years)and it's still just a gross nasty habit. But whatever floats their boat, that's fine, they just need to keep it solely to themselves. They are endangering my life, my kids lives, and the lives of other people when they smoke in a restaurant, right outside the door of an establishment and even in their cars with their cancer sticks hanging out the window to blow into MY car's window or through the ventilation system. Luckily I have a filter on my car and when I see a car with a hanging ciggy I quickly roll up the windows and turn on the recirculating air. They cause fires when they flick their cigarettes out the window cause "oh, they'll degrade, so it's not polluting". Here in Texas we have a number to call during high fire season and I haven't hesitated to call and report a flicked cigarette. Sure I blame the cigarette companies for making them so enticing and addicting, but I blame the smoker too. Just as I'd blame a druggie and their supplier or a drunk driver as well as the bar that kept serving them. They're all the same to me.

Hot topic, can't wait to read all the others.

 

[Liza]

Personally smokers just tick me off. I really don't give a care if they want to endanger their lives with those cancer sticks but they can do it in the privacy of their own homes, in their cars with the windows up so they don't lose any of that precious smoke (they can just take it all in better that way). I tolerated smokers before CF, even though I didn't like it then. My father in law died of smoke related lung cancer, my husband was a smoker, my mother and father were smokers (off and on throughout the years)and it's still just a gross nasty habit. But whatever floats their boat, that's fine, they just need to keep it solely to themselves. They are endangering my life, my kids lives, and the lives of other people when they smoke in a restaurant, right outside the door of an establishment and even in their cars with their cancer sticks hanging out the window to blow into MY car's window or through the ventilation system. Luckily I have a filter on my car and when I see a car with a hanging ciggy I quickly roll up the windows and turn on the recirculating air. They cause fires when they flick their cigarettes out the window cause "oh, they'll degrade, so it's not polluting". Here in Texas we have a number to call during high fire season and I haven't hesitated to call and report a flicked cigarette. Sure I blame the cigarette companies for making them so enticing and addicting, but I blame the smoker too. Just as I'd blame a druggie and their supplier or a drunk driver as well as the bar that kept serving them. They're all the same to me.
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<br />Hot topic, can't wait to read all the others.
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[Ender]

I guess you can tell a lot about a nation based on its smoking laws haha.

You know in Ontario Canada, you cannot smoke anywhere indoors. Most shopping malls and public buildings you cannot even smoke by the entrance. Any patio that has an awning (sp?) you cannot smoke under. I'm not sure, but I think they just passed a law that states you cannot smoke in a car with your children. Also, all the public transit stops are smoke free, (even if they are outside). Honestly, i think it's comming to the point where you can only smoke in your house...(and probably not if you have kids haha). Theres one benefit of socialized medicine <img src="">

I just want to note that cigarettes are utterly ridiculous anyways, and I'm sure there will be a time when they are banned outright. There are still too many people addicted now to do something like that, cause they would go crazy.
Think about it though. Would any government allow some food item to be sold at grocery stores if they knew it would probably cause cancer? They just banned the hard plastic used in baby bottles here in canada, and that was based on scientific results that weren't even clear. However, with all the mounted evidence on the dangers of cigarettes, they still keep them on the shelves. Unbelievable.

 

[Ender]

I guess you can tell a lot about a nation based on its smoking laws haha.

You know in Ontario Canada, you cannot smoke anywhere indoors. Most shopping malls and public buildings you cannot even smoke by the entrance. Any patio that has an awning (sp?) you cannot smoke under. I'm not sure, but I think they just passed a law that states you cannot smoke in a car with your children. Also, all the public transit stops are smoke free, (even if they are outside). Honestly, i think it's comming to the point where you can only smoke in your house...(and probably not if you have kids haha). Theres one benefit of socialized medicine <img src="">

I just want to note that cigarettes are utterly ridiculous anyways, and I'm sure there will be a time when they are banned outright. There are still too many people addicted now to do something like that, cause they would go crazy.
Think about it though. Would any government allow some food item to be sold at grocery stores if they knew it would probably cause cancer? They just banned the hard plastic used in baby bottles here in canada, and that was based on scientific results that weren't even clear. However, with all the mounted evidence on the dangers of cigarettes, they still keep them on the shelves. Unbelievable.

 

[Ender]

I guess you can tell a lot about a nation based on its smoking laws haha.

You know in Ontario Canada, you cannot smoke anywhere indoors. Most shopping malls and public buildings you cannot even smoke by the entrance. Any patio that has an awning (sp?) you cannot smoke under. I'm not sure, but I think they just passed a law that states you cannot smoke in a car with your children. Also, all the public transit stops are smoke free, (even if they are outside). Honestly, i think it's comming to the point where you can only smoke in your house...(and probably not if you have kids haha). Theres one benefit of socialized medicine <img src="">

I just want to note that cigarettes are utterly ridiculous anyways, and I'm sure there will be a time when they are banned outright. There are still too many people addicted now to do something like that, cause they would go crazy.
Think about it though. Would any government allow some food item to be sold at grocery stores if they knew it would probably cause cancer? They just banned the hard plastic used in baby bottles here in canada, and that was based on scientific results that weren't even clear. However, with all the mounted evidence on the dangers of cigarettes, they still keep them on the shelves. Unbelievable.

 

[Ender]

I guess you can tell a lot about a nation based on its smoking laws haha.

You know in Ontario Canada, you cannot smoke anywhere indoors. Most shopping malls and public buildings you cannot even smoke by the entrance. Any patio that has an awning (sp?) you cannot smoke under. I'm not sure, but I think they just passed a law that states you cannot smoke in a car with your children. Also, all the public transit stops are smoke free, (even if they are outside). Honestly, i think it's comming to the point where you can only smoke in your house...(and probably not if you have kids haha). Theres one benefit of socialized medicine <img src="">

I just want to note that cigarettes are utterly ridiculous anyways, and I'm sure there will be a time when they are banned outright. There are still too many people addicted now to do something like that, cause they would go crazy.
Think about it though. Would any government allow some food item to be sold at grocery stores if they knew it would probably cause cancer? They just banned the hard plastic used in baby bottles here in canada, and that was based on scientific results that weren't even clear. However, with all the mounted evidence on the dangers of cigarettes, they still keep them on the shelves. Unbelievable.

 

[Ender]

I guess you can tell a lot about a nation based on its smoking laws haha.
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<br />You know in Ontario Canada, you cannot smoke anywhere indoors. Most shopping malls and public buildings you cannot even smoke by the entrance. Any patio that has an awning (sp?) you cannot smoke under. I'm not sure, but I think they just passed a law that states you cannot smoke in a car with your children. Also, all the public transit stops are smoke free, (even if they are outside). Honestly, i think it's comming to the point where you can only smoke in your house...(and probably not if you have kids haha). Theres one benefit of socialized medicine <img src="">
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<br />I just want to note that cigarettes are utterly ridiculous anyways, and I'm sure there will be a time when they are banned outright. There are still too many people addicted now to do something like that, cause they would go crazy.
<br />Think about it though. Would any government allow some food item to be sold at grocery stores if they knew it would probably cause cancer? They just banned the hard plastic used in baby bottles here in canada, and that was based on scientific results that weren't even clear. However, with all the mounted evidence on the dangers of cigarettes, they still keep them on the shelves. Unbelievable.
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[cfsucks]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Ender</b></i>

I guess you can tell a lot about a nation based on its smoking laws haha.



You know in Ontario Canada, you cannot smoke anywhere indoors. Most shopping malls and public buildings you cannot even smoke by the entrance. Any patio that has an awning (sp?) you cannot smoke under. I'm not sure, but I think they just passed a law that states you cannot smoke in a car with your children. Also, all the public transit stops are smoke free, (even if they are outside). Honestly, i think it's comming to the point where you can only smoke in your house...(and probably not if you have kids haha). Theres one benefit of socialized medicine

I just want to note that cigarettes are utterly ridiculous anyways, and I'm sure there will be a time when they are banned outright. There are still too many people addicted now to do something like that, cause they would go crazy.

Think about it though. Would any government allow some food item to be sold at grocery stores if they knew it would probably cause cancer? They just banned the hard plastic used in baby bottles here in canada, and that was based on scientific results that weren't even clear. However, with all the mounted evidence on the dangers of cigarettes, they still keep them on the shelves. Unbelievable.</end quote></div>

there is too much money to be made from cigarettes.

 

[cfsucks]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Ender</b></i>

I guess you can tell a lot about a nation based on its smoking laws haha.



You know in Ontario Canada, you cannot smoke anywhere indoors. Most shopping malls and public buildings you cannot even smoke by the entrance. Any patio that has an awning (sp?) you cannot smoke under. I'm not sure, but I think they just passed a law that states you cannot smoke in a car with your children. Also, all the public transit stops are smoke free, (even if they are outside). Honestly, i think it's comming to the point where you can only smoke in your house...(and probably not if you have kids haha). Theres one benefit of socialized medicine

I just want to note that cigarettes are utterly ridiculous anyways, and I'm sure there will be a time when they are banned outright. There are still too many people addicted now to do something like that, cause they would go crazy.

Think about it though. Would any government allow some food item to be sold at grocery stores if they knew it would probably cause cancer? They just banned the hard plastic used in baby bottles here in canada, and that was based on scientific results that weren't even clear. However, with all the mounted evidence on the dangers of cigarettes, they still keep them on the shelves. Unbelievable.</end quote></div>

there is too much money to be made from cigarettes.

 

[cfsucks]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Ender</b></i>

I guess you can tell a lot about a nation based on its smoking laws haha.



You know in Ontario Canada, you cannot smoke anywhere indoors. Most shopping malls and public buildings you cannot even smoke by the entrance. Any patio that has an awning (sp?) you cannot smoke under. I'm not sure, but I think they just passed a law that states you cannot smoke in a car with your children. Also, all the public transit stops are smoke free, (even if they are outside). Honestly, i think it's comming to the point where you can only smoke in your house...(and probably not if you have kids haha). Theres one benefit of socialized medicine

I just want to note that cigarettes are utterly ridiculous anyways, and I'm sure there will be a time when they are banned outright. There are still too many people addicted now to do something like that, cause they would go crazy.

Think about it though. Would any government allow some food item to be sold at grocery stores if they knew it would probably cause cancer? They just banned the hard plastic used in baby bottles here in canada, and that was based on scientific results that weren't even clear. However, with all the mounted evidence on the dangers of cigarettes, they still keep them on the shelves. Unbelievable.</end quote></div>

there is too much money to be made from cigarettes.

 

[cfsucks]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Ender</b></i>

I guess you can tell a lot about a nation based on its smoking laws haha.



You know in Ontario Canada, you cannot smoke anywhere indoors. Most shopping malls and public buildings you cannot even smoke by the entrance. Any patio that has an awning (sp?) you cannot smoke under. I'm not sure, but I think they just passed a law that states you cannot smoke in a car with your children. Also, all the public transit stops are smoke free, (even if they are outside). Honestly, i think it's comming to the point where you can only smoke in your house...(and probably not if you have kids haha). Theres one benefit of socialized medicine

I just want to note that cigarettes are utterly ridiculous anyways, and I'm sure there will be a time when they are banned outright. There are still too many people addicted now to do something like that, cause they would go crazy.

Think about it though. Would any government allow some food item to be sold at grocery stores if they knew it would probably cause cancer? They just banned the hard plastic used in baby bottles here in canada, and that was based on scientific results that weren't even clear. However, with all the mounted evidence on the dangers of cigarettes, they still keep them on the shelves. Unbelievable.</end quote>

there is too much money to be made from cigarettes.

 

[cfsucks]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Ender</b></i>
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<br />I guess you can tell a lot about a nation based on its smoking laws haha.
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<br />You know in Ontario Canada, you cannot smoke anywhere indoors. Most shopping malls and public buildings you cannot even smoke by the entrance. Any patio that has an awning (sp?) you cannot smoke under. I'm not sure, but I think they just passed a law that states you cannot smoke in a car with your children. Also, all the public transit stops are smoke free, (even if they are outside). Honestly, i think it's comming to the point where you can only smoke in your house...(and probably not if you have kids haha). Theres one benefit of socialized medicine

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<br />I just want to note that cigarettes are utterly ridiculous anyways, and I'm sure there will be a time when they are banned outright. There are still too many people addicted now to do something like that, cause they would go crazy.
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<br />Think about it though. Would any government allow some food item to be sold at grocery stores if they knew it would probably cause cancer? They just banned the hard plastic used in baby bottles here in canada, and that was based on scientific results that weren't even clear. However, with all the mounted evidence on the dangers of cigarettes, they still keep them on the shelves. Unbelievable.</end quote>
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<br />there is too much money to be made from cigarettes.

 

[coltsfan715]

*Raises hand* The one thing that I despise more than anything is smoking. I find that I unintentionally end up giving all smokers I see the dirty eye.

I will also admit I tend to think a bit less of people that smoke. I know people that smoke - actually have people in my family that smoke. I love them, but do at times find I despise them for what they are doing to themselves.

I have told friends of mine before when they complain about my being adamant they NOT smoke around me - that I do NOT care if they kill themselves BUT I will NOT let them kill me. They think it is extreme but I don't care.

Another kind of funny - annoying - haha .. I was at the transplant center talking with a woman that had a lung transplant. She had smoked when she was younger - but quit something like a decade or so ago. We were talking and she asked if I had ever smoked (this is before I knew she had smoked before). I said no - that is one thing I have never understood. I would give anything for a healthy set of lungs but people everyday throw away what they have for a stupid cigarette. She looked at me and just said I used to smoke and you just wouldn't understand the hold it can have on you unless you have been addicted. I just looked at her and said .. yeah I guess your right cause honestly I don't get the draw.

We still talk but I think we will be staying away from the smoking topic from this point on.

You are NOT alone in feeling this way though. Sorry that you can't go to that show/meeting/whatever it is called for that guy.

Love Lindsey

 

[coltsfan715]

*Raises hand* The one thing that I despise more than anything is smoking. I find that I unintentionally end up giving all smokers I see the dirty eye.

I will also admit I tend to think a bit less of people that smoke. I know people that smoke - actually have people in my family that smoke. I love them, but do at times find I despise them for what they are doing to themselves.

I have told friends of mine before when they complain about my being adamant they NOT smoke around me - that I do NOT care if they kill themselves BUT I will NOT let them kill me. They think it is extreme but I don't care.

Another kind of funny - annoying - haha .. I was at the transplant center talking with a woman that had a lung transplant. She had smoked when she was younger - but quit something like a decade or so ago. We were talking and she asked if I had ever smoked (this is before I knew she had smoked before). I said no - that is one thing I have never understood. I would give anything for a healthy set of lungs but people everyday throw away what they have for a stupid cigarette. She looked at me and just said I used to smoke and you just wouldn't understand the hold it can have on you unless you have been addicted. I just looked at her and said .. yeah I guess your right cause honestly I don't get the draw.

We still talk but I think we will be staying away from the smoking topic from this point on.

You are NOT alone in feeling this way though. Sorry that you can't go to that show/meeting/whatever it is called for that guy.

Love Lindsey

 

[coltsfan715]

*Raises hand* The one thing that I despise more than anything is smoking. I find that I unintentionally end up giving all smokers I see the dirty eye.

I will also admit I tend to think a bit less of people that smoke. I know people that smoke - actually have people in my family that smoke. I love them, but do at times find I despise them for what they are doing to themselves.

I have told friends of mine before when they complain about my being adamant they NOT smoke around me - that I do NOT care if they kill themselves BUT I will NOT let them kill me. They think it is extreme but I don't care.

Another kind of funny - annoying - haha .. I was at the transplant center talking with a woman that had a lung transplant. She had smoked when she was younger - but quit something like a decade or so ago. We were talking and she asked if I had ever smoked (this is before I knew she had smoked before). I said no - that is one thing I have never understood. I would give anything for a healthy set of lungs but people everyday throw away what they have for a stupid cigarette. She looked at me and just said I used to smoke and you just wouldn't understand the hold it can have on you unless you have been addicted. I just looked at her and said .. yeah I guess your right cause honestly I don't get the draw.

We still talk but I think we will be staying away from the smoking topic from this point on.

You are NOT alone in feeling this way though. Sorry that you can't go to that show/meeting/whatever it is called for that guy.

Love Lindsey

 

[coltsfan715]

*Raises hand* The one thing that I despise more than anything is smoking. I find that I unintentionally end up giving all smokers I see the dirty eye.

I will also admit I tend to think a bit less of people that smoke. I know people that smoke - actually have people in my family that smoke. I love them, but do at times find I despise them for what they are doing to themselves.

I have told friends of mine before when they complain about my being adamant they NOT smoke around me - that I do NOT care if they kill themselves BUT I will NOT let them kill me. They think it is extreme but I don't care.

Another kind of funny - annoying - haha .. I was at the transplant center talking with a woman that had a lung transplant. She had smoked when she was younger - but quit something like a decade or so ago. We were talking and she asked if I had ever smoked (this is before I knew she had smoked before). I said no - that is one thing I have never understood. I would give anything for a healthy set of lungs but people everyday throw away what they have for a stupid cigarette. She looked at me and just said I used to smoke and you just wouldn't understand the hold it can have on you unless you have been addicted. I just looked at her and said .. yeah I guess your right cause honestly I don't get the draw.

We still talk but I think we will be staying away from the smoking topic from this point on.

You are NOT alone in feeling this way though. Sorry that you can't go to that show/meeting/whatever it is called for that guy.

Love Lindsey

 

[coltsfan715]

*Raises hand* The one thing that I despise more than anything is smoking. I find that I unintentionally end up giving all smokers I see the dirty eye.
<br />
<br />I will also admit I tend to think a bit less of people that smoke. I know people that smoke - actually have people in my family that smoke. I love them, but do at times find I despise them for what they are doing to themselves.
<br />
<br />I have told friends of mine before when they complain about my being adamant they NOT smoke around me - that I do NOT care if they kill themselves BUT I will NOT let them kill me. They think it is extreme but I don't care.
<br />
<br />Another kind of funny - annoying - haha .. I was at the transplant center talking with a woman that had a lung transplant. She had smoked when she was younger - but quit something like a decade or so ago. We were talking and she asked if I had ever smoked (this is before I knew she had smoked before). I said no - that is one thing I have never understood. I would give anything for a healthy set of lungs but people everyday throw away what they have for a stupid cigarette. She looked at me and just said I used to smoke and you just wouldn't understand the hold it can have on you unless you have been addicted. I just looked at her and said .. yeah I guess your right cause honestly I don't get the draw.
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<br />We still talk but I think we will be staying away from the smoking topic from this point on.
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<br />You are NOT alone in feeling this way though. Sorry that you can't go to that show/meeting/whatever it is called for that guy.
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<br />Love Lindsey