shermo

You can find a report to dispell any rumor. For every 3 negative reports on something, there are 3 positives. Everybody will find a way to prove what they want to belueve to another person.

All I know is this:
#1. My grandfather who was a non-smoker was a musician in Vegas. He played in smokey rooms for 30+ years, and came home to my grandma that smoked. He died from lung cancer (doctor told him he had the lungs of a smoker).

#2. I grew up in my grandparents home. i had chronic asthma and was hospitalized with croup every 3 months. Once my grandmother passed away, I never had another problem with my Asthma ever again...Until....

#3. Last Internext I was hanging around with friends who are chain smokers. AFter the convention ended, I was home coughing up blood for 3 days. My lungs were severely irritated.

#4. Smopkers can't smell smoke, but non-smokers can. I have a pair of jeans in my hamper that smelled up my closet so bad with smoke, that the scent attached to several other pieces of clothing that needed to be washed as well.

#5. If I need to piss, I won't do it in your food. If I want to eat, i shouldn't have smoke in my face making me want to leave immediatly.

#6. Smokers in work environments are often less productive. How many times do you see smokers taking "smoke breaks"? Non smokers only get breaks to piss and eat. Each cig takes 10 mins and the avg. smoker takes 1 break an hour. in an 8 hour day, thats an hour and 20 minutes wasted. A lot of people take up smoking just for this reason.

I have no problem with smokers who do it on their own time. If you want to smoke in your own home, do it. If you smoke outdoors away from me, thats fine. I just don't like a person's bad habbit imposed on myself, or other non smokers. I want my right to smell like I showered... I want my right to breathe clean air... I want my right to talk to a person without that person blowing smoke in my face.