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Sidenote about tobacco: Each time I walk out in the city, and somebody is smoking around me and the smoke reaches me, I feel like I need to hold my breath and
by jokoon 12y ago
Sidenote about tobacco:
Each time I walk out in the city, and somebody is smoking around me and the smoke reaches me, I feel like I need to hold my breath and change course to absolutely avoid breathing that smoke. Feels like poison.
I guess it's psychological, but smoke seems to make me feel sick, even at low doses. Even the smell of smoke from the neighbor's window will upset me.
I guess I either am a victim of anti tobacco ads, or that smokes is a real legal poison that my body can't sustain.
- collyw 12y agoYet the traffic fumes won't bother you. I have seen a few places where they say the pollution is equivalent to almost a pack of cigarettes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4401628.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4401628.stm
- ygra 12y agoI feel the same as GP, and it extends to pretty much all forms of smoke. Car (or worse: scooter) in front of me while cycling often makes me choke and need to slow down to catch my breath again. Incense works as well. In my case it's very likely a psychological hypersensitivity, although given that smoke in any form is rarely healthy it's not something I'd go to great lengths to fix.
- collyw 12y agoBarcelona usually has a fair bit of wind, but when it stops blowing the traffic fumes are terrible (as a cyclist). And I noticed that as a smoker.
- jokoon 12y agoYes they do bother me. Diesel especially. Scooters too (two stroke engines pollute more).