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Smokers rarely consider how their choices force the rest of us to deal with them. My partner shouldn't have to carry an inhaler, but public smoking forces her t
by AlotOfReading 5y ago
Smokers rarely consider how their choices force the rest of us to deal with them. My partner shouldn't have to carry an inhaler, but public smoking forces her to. There shouldn't have been epidemics of children with diseases caused by secondhand exposure, but smoking made sure it happened. I have no problem with smokers lighting up in private airtight boxes, but don't force the waste products into everyone else's lungs by smoking in public.
- noduerme 5y agoAirtight boxes is punitive, which is what typical puritans enjoy imposing on any sort of pleasurable activity. Open air is sufficient for your comfort. You can move away down the street. Don't forget your inhaler, you'll need it as you walk past thousands of vehicles idling in traffic.
- AlotOfReading 5y agoI didn't say the issue was necessarily on the street. My partner gets frustrated that she can't open the windows, because street smoke on evenings wafts straight into our living room and gives her coughing fits. Is your suggestion that we should never open the windows in our own house?
- noduerme 5y agoI have no idea where you live, but there are nuisances everywhere. I can't control what people do right outside my house, so I don't open my windows during certain hours. If it wasn't that, it would be loud noises or lawn mowers or burning leaves. Put a no smoking sign in front of your house. Open a different window. Get an air purifier. Move to the country. Your solution to ban everyone and anyone from doing something outside an "airtight box" is quite similar to the impossible demand that everyone permanently wear a mask after covid; it's not going to happen, and trying to control other people's behavior will only lead to aggravation.