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Llewlladdwr

(2,165 posts)
9. I agree with HappyMe.
Thu Jan 10, 2013, 12:56 AM
Jan 2013

If you don't like smoking then fine, don't smoke.

Just stop trying to impose your private morality on the rest of us.

I feel that we've gone overboard concerning tobacco. Llewlladdwr Jan 2013 #1
I agree. HappyMe Jan 2013 #3
I don't. It's a foul cancer-causing substance, the smoking of which also stinks everything up. MotherPetrie Jan 2013 #5
Then don't smoke. HappyMe Jan 2013 #6
"which also stinks everything up." Deep13 Jan 2013 #8
No, but people still piss in pools all the time. HappyMe Jan 2013 #10
Not quite that simple. DanTex Jan 2013 #43
It killed my mother. MotherPetrie Jan 2013 #57
I agree with HappyMe. Llewlladdwr Jan 2013 #9
'Morality' has nothing to do with it. randome Jan 2013 #46
"Screw morality. It's a poison." Farking drug warrior bullshit green for victory Jan 2013 #55
Cars stink everything up with their foul exhausts spewing poison into the air. I assume sabrina 1 Jan 2013 #52
Smoking killed my mother. MotherPetrie Jan 2013 #58
Not really. Taxing it enough to put up a barrier to teenagers Warpy Jan 2013 #28
I also think we've gone overboard. even with the studies...we know it's bad... Kurovski Jan 2013 #51
We have started to use the taxes from cigarettes to support things that are not smoking related ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #2
with a statement like that, you could take a damned side CreekDog Jan 2013 #4
My dad died from tobacco use...I hate the stuff ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #12
+1 nt Live and Learn Jan 2013 #56
We clearly have not done enough to insure a smoke-free society. Deep13 Jan 2013 #7
It aids relaxation? Llewlladdwr Jan 2013 #11
The only social pariahs I know HappyMe Jan 2013 #13
Now, you're not going to research everyone who votes in THIS poll, are you? Skip Intro Jan 2013 #14
Wait...What? HappyMe Jan 2013 #15
he doesn't like sneaky behavior CreekDog Jan 2013 #20
Deflection doesn't answer the question, does it? Skip Intro Jan 2013 #22
so you're saying you'd vote differently if you could keep it a secret? CreekDog Jan 2013 #18
I wouldn't vote in one of your polls. Wouldn't like the snooping Skip Intro Jan 2013 #21
did you post in my thread multiple times to accuse me of stalking you? CreekDog Jan 2013 #38
Geez, is this true CreekDog? Llewlladdwr Jan 2013 #23
who am i arguing with, you or Skip? CreekDog Jan 2013 #24
I'm not arguing. Llewlladdwr Jan 2013 #25
seems like you're both saying the same thing CreekDog Jan 2013 #26
I had no idea that poll creators could see how people who respond to their polls respond dsc Jan 2013 #27
Poll Creators can see? Are you for real? CreekDog Jan 2013 #30
PASS pintobean Jan 2013 #32
Honestly didn't know that dsc Jan 2013 #42
EVERYONE can see how someone votes in a poll obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #41
One of the best choices I ever made was to quit smoking, after nearly 2 decades as a smoker. nt Electric Monk Jan 2013 #16
Chose "weaken"... ElboRuum Jan 2013 #17
Tobacco should be regulated like how I want all drugs regulated Kurska Jan 2013 #19
My answer isn't listed dsc Jan 2013 #29
I'm a smoker and I voted to Politicalboi Jan 2013 #31
Tobacco is a product that contains an addictive substance & causes cancer. baldguy Jan 2013 #33
So do some foods. nt justiceischeap Jan 2013 #34
Such as? baldguy Jan 2013 #35
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!! Zoeisright Jan 2013 #45
Candy cigarettes are not generally illegal in the U.S. Heidi Jan 2013 #36
actually they aren't legal anymore, here's a link: CreekDog Jan 2013 #37
That act bans cigarettes flavored like candy, Heidi Jan 2013 #47
okay, thanks for clarifying that CreekDog Jan 2013 #48
Candy cigarettes were a staple of my childhood. Heidi Jan 2013 #54
I support public smoking bans. What people do in their home is their business. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #39
I think people who smoke should be fired Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #40
Increasing taxes on cigarettes reduces the smoking rate. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #44
And there are regulations about lsyr term abortions as well The Straight Story Jan 2013 #49
smoking is dangerous to people who don't smoke CreekDog Jan 2013 #50
Increase them. nt Raine Jan 2013 #53
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