Bad or Acceptable?

Well well, if you put it that way, I guess you are right! This is a very insightful observation... I never like to breathe second-hand smoke - though I have never thought of them as silent murderers... seems that I need to do a rethink.

It's hard to be unbiased when the question you're asking people is coming from someone who is obviously not a smoker. I think you'll find when people say smoking can harm others - they're talking about passive smoking & in this sense it is more to do with being indoors - say in a pub/bar - where EVERYONE is subject to the chemicals etc but if someone is outside smoking & you're standing next to them & the wind is blowing in the opposite direction to where you are, you WILL NOT be inhaling the chemicals, therefore their smoke will not affect you. Outside in the open it's much different as the wind carries the smoke away which doesn't affect anyone. Smoking is bad for you, i wont argue there, i also wont argue that it could kill you one day but to accuse people who smoke of being murderers is kinda a little over the top. I'm sorry you think smokers are bad people but a bad habit does not make someone a bad person. To me a bad person is someone who deliberately sets out to harm others & to me a murderer is someone who takes a life. I hope this is ok but as i said to begin with, this question is already biased as you are a non-smoker who is saying smokers are killers & bad people which is WAY off the mark.