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In reply to the discussion: I hate cigarettes, hate cigarette smoke, and wish no one smoked them... [View all]HangOnKids
(4,291 posts)106. Poor You
Move to another planet where you can control everything. I don't think patience is your gig. Might want to re-think your name.
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I hate cigarettes, hate cigarette smoke, and wish no one smoked them... [View all]
TheWraith
Jan 2012
OP
I've been annoying non-christians for years trying to save their souls from burning/death
The Straight Story
Jan 2012
#6
Smoke is not an allergen and doesn't contain any allergens. sarcasm tag not needed. eom
TransitJohn
Jan 2012
#96
True, but then again, alcohol prohibitionists certainly considered "social costs" of alcohol abuse
markpkessinger
Jan 2012
#107
My downstairs neighbors smoke and so I can't open my door or front windows in the summer.
Guy Montag
Jan 2012
#24
Would you feel the same if your neighbor was a sculptor who put a smelting operation in his backyard
Texas Lawyer
Jan 2012
#26
Nicotine is an almost entirely benign drug, it's the tar and other shit that kills.
Lance_Boyle
Jan 2012
#55
Like I said, I don't really understand the whole e-cig thing. As such I haven't taken a position
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#66
As well as driving, which isn't a vice, but still causes most of our actual air pollution
Lionessa
Jan 2012
#36
We all piss in our water supplies. Have been doing it for a million years.
Wistful Vista
Jan 2012
#67
What do we do about lawn mowers that emit millions of times more pollutants than cigs?
Wistful Vista
Jan 2012
#69
Lawn mowers are generally not allowed where cigarette restrictions are in place.
onehandle
Jan 2012
#73
Ah, I see. Those emissions from internal combustion engine do not travel through the air.
Wistful Vista
Jan 2012
#75
I certainly don't support banning them. We have enough unenforceable laws as it is.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#46
As long as it's illegal to attempt suicide, there's no rational basis for cigarettes being legal
theAntiRand
Jan 2012
#49
A gunshot to the head is on whole different level of risky behavior. Most smokers don't die
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#92
anti smoking propaganda was paid for by Big Pharma to sell nicotine patches
divide_and_rule
Jan 2012
#57
I'm on my way to your home with an open container filled with radioactive isotopes.
onehandle
Jan 2012
#74
... and I'm an adult with free will who can choose what he wants to do with his life...
harmonicon
Jan 2012
#102
The smokers would be in the bar and/or the smoking area if the crusade was called off.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#93