Reply #35: OK, there is a HUGE difference

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between annoying and potentially life-threatening.

Have you any idea what if feels like to be choking and gasping for air or wheezing because your airways are constricted? Or having to pull out your inhaler, waiting for what seems like an eternity to see if your breathing will resume or if you have to dial 911. Or how about sucking it up at the bar because you don't want to be *that* person and waking up in the middle of the night when your lungs feel like they are on fire.

I'm not talking about annoying. I'm talking about a real illness that kills hundreds every year. And, yes, there are other sources, but that doesn't mean we just ignore it because we can't fix everything at once.

Again, why does your "right" to smoke trump my right to breathe?