I try to stand away from others when I do it so they're not bothered. I don't smoke in my home or in the homes of others. I do my best not to litter. I stand the prerequisite 15 ft. from a doorway. If a child is coming down the sidewalk, I step away so smoke doesn't go toward them.
Here's the thing though ... I'm not an idiot.
It's not like I don't know that it's bad for me! Just like you know that cheeseburger you're eating is bad for you. Just like you know that 3rd drink at the bar might not be great for you. I know it, but I choose to do it anyway.
I don't yell at people who have screaming infants in public places. It bothers me. It's noise pollution. It was their choice to procreate. But, it's not unbearable for a few seconds as I walk by. I may think your perfume stinks to high heaven, but it's not socially acceptable for me to do a fake cough and hold my nose as I walk by you. And before you start getting irate, no, I do not think that these situations are all the same. I'm just making a point!
I know that many people disagree with what I'm saying, but here's the thing: Do you really think you're telling people something new when you tell them that smoking is bad for them???? Really, Einstein?
If you have people you love that you are truly concerned about because of their smoking, talk to them about it. Come at it from a place of love. But do not (I BEG OF YOU) show them a picture of a blackened lung or give them an ingredient list from a pack of cigarettes. You immediately put them on the defensive and they don't want to talk to you about it anymore!
Smoking is addictive, and ... here's the clincher ... it's something people actually like to do. It gives us an excuse to go outside periodically. It gives us a chance to socialize. It gives us a little buzz. It calms our nerves. Etc.
Please, please, please don't act like smokers must be idiots because smoking is nothing more than a way to kill yourself. Try being a little bit more understanding and they'll probably be more understanding of where you're coming from too.
That's all I have to say about that.
Try the portable hookah... http://www.hookah-shisha.com/p-2808-leila-1-hose-portable-hookah.html. I really can't see why people like the cigs very much. They smell as bad as the anus part of many animals. Then again I've never had cigs but I do smoke pipe tobacco and shisha blows both away. Smells like you're in Grandma's kitchen when she's baking a pie!
ReplyDeleteHi. It saddens me to have read this. I know you are making a choice, but it is a deadly choice. Yes, I can eat the fattening cheeseburger, but I can exercise and work it off. Smoking causes Cancer, no ifs ands or buts about it. My grandmother got lung cancer directly from smoking. She had one lung removed. Then it spread to the other lung. Then she developed tumors on her brain. She died a drawn out debilitating death because of the choice she made. My Mimi is only one of the people I know that I have lost to the worst disease around. I don't want to lose anymore friends or family because the choose to do something they know will kill them sooner than later. You're still young enough to stop it and maybe have a bit of recovery in your lungs. Please, I BEG of YOU, stop now!
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