Sick and tired of all the complaining Non smokers...

I'm an X-SMOKER! Very proud of it, thank you. But, with that said, I don't have a problem with smokers. I know plenty who still smoke. It's your choice. I been down that road, who am I to judge? As for banning smokers from smoking in their own homes, I don't think that will ever happen. I have heard some talk about it though, but I can't see it really happening. I do know they have banned people from smoking in a lot of places though... mainly public places. I also know they are working on banning people smoking in their cars IF only a small child is in the car, even with windows rolled down. But we hear about these things a lot, sometimes they go through with it, sometimes it stays an open subject without action. I don't think they can trully take away all the rights of smokers, I don't find that fair, even though I don't smoke anymore, I still feel smokers need some saying in this matter. I think the only thing I might have to agree with is the smoking around children && maybe some public places like schools && hospitals, which is already banned here.

i totally disagree with you! yes i disagree because if you want to ruin or waste your life for just a smoke from a cigerate then don't ruin other's life!! you have the right for sure to do what you want but if it comes with the damage of other's life then you don't have any right! banning smoking will never solve the problem..they should ban sellers from selling it!!..they should ban factories that made it!..it shouldn't be selled at all! yes you will never feel that this habbit ruins your life or other's life unless you stuck to some of it's cases..then you will realize what i mean!

I am totally on your side. But you realize the worst "non-smoking" activists are ones that were the smokers for the longest time. What is that about?????????????? I have heard of parents that have lost custody because they smoke and their ex-spouse doesn't. WOW it is getting bad out there

Every smoker ( I being one of them) knows that smoking is not the most healthiest stress reliever...in fact it actually raises our blood pressure which is kinda ironic when we say (and I do this too) that it relives stresss. But I do agree with you about some non smokers. You know the ones who basically come out and tell you you are less of a person because you are inflicting second hand smoke unto them. Calling smokers inconsiderate...etc. First of all. The majority of smokers follow the rules of basic conduct. You say smoke here in a public place and guess what you find them there. Also what everyone really needs to focus on is not how this one subject will affect them (as laws being passed to suit one group "non smokers") for the either imposed health risk, the smelly environment, etc. Both smokers and non need to realize that if there are law that will be placed on this than it opens the door to the furthering of people who want to make it illegal to smoke. They are already trying to do this will employment....trying to make employees smoke free not ony on the grounds of the company but in their own home on their own time. What the nons need to realize is...one day this could be done also with something they like to do which is not healthy...like skydive, eat Mcd's, drink coffee (because caffeine is a stimulant), etc. So in other words while the two groups are bickering over how our own personal lives are being disrupted by the mere inconviences (not being able to smoke and having to smell the smoke) laws are trying to be passed to limit our rights as individuals to make decisions for ourselves. Now if an establishment says no smoking I agree with them. It is their right to do so as it is my right as a smoker to not go there if I do not want to. As is it is the nons right to not go where people smoke. We need to stop preaching (and this is not to you pheonix but to the nons and others who do) and think about the actual point of it. Have a great day. ANd I have tried to quit to went three months. then lit up again.

Hi Pheonixstar, I'm a smoker to and I agree wholeheartedly. The thing that gets me, now they feel they have the right to tell business owners what they can and cannot have in there establishments. In my state, they have not only outlawed smoking in public establishments(restaurants, casino's ect. ect.) but now you cant smoke within 25 feet of any public doorway. Its also against the law to smoke if your driving a company vehicle. I met a truck driver that told me that he was going to get a fine unless he could prove that he lived in his truck 7 months a year(this is his own private tractor trailer rig). What the nonsmokers don't realize by passing crap like this is when they can take rights away from business owners, soon none of us will have any rights, be it smoking related or not. Hugs, Tianna

For sure I agree with you. I think it is ridiculous all the laws that they are passing. We pay taxes. They talk about how smoking is killing the non smokers but when do they talk about the drunk drivers, or the drunks that kill or beat up people. I know that they are now thinking of banning smoking in cars with kids under the age of 18 where I live. Like where in the world is my rights.

I am an outraged nonsmoker WHO AGREES WITH YOU!!! I am so sick and tired of idiot people trying to remove freedoms from people who are living here in America because we are supposed to be guaranteed our freedoms! There is nothing more horrible than slow and painless loss of freedoms because you don't notice until they are totally gone! It's like slowly losing use of your arms and legs but you are able to adapt over time until suddenly you find out you can no longer use any of them - and THEN it hurts. I don't want ANYTHING prohibited. I may be a non smoker but I believe smokers should have the same rights as me. I live a traditional lifestyle but I believe people who live alternative lifestyles should have the same rights as me. I am a social drinker, I would be IRATE if anybody tried to tell me I could not have a drink when and where I wanted (within reason). I know very well that when someone tries to force their beliefs on you and you don't agree that all it does is tick you off. It ticks ME off just thinking about it. I know too that I will do what I want to do anyway, even if someone else doesn't agree with me. It is MY life, not theirs. I don't tell someone how to live their life, I just tell them to get the f*** out of mine if they don't like it LOL! What one person does doesn't really affect someone else. A smoker isn't going to affect a non smoker if they avoid each other. Isn't that good enough? It's good enough in my opinion. Some people just need to whine and have a cause and something to complain about. I think people like that need to be tossed in the middle of the ocean. I think it is WAY BEYOND constitutional to try to tell someone what they can and cannot do in their OWN HOME. If that's your own property and it's private, it is none of anybody else's damn business what you do. Smoking isn't illegal and it cannot be compared to other illegal things - it isn't physically or emotionally hurting somebody else against their will. Of course if you're one of those sleazy non smokers who wants to just scream and cry and you go STAND in the smoker's house, then it's your own fault you're breathing in smoke because you don't HAVE to be in there. Ok, I'm done venting too. At least for this post