I really, really hate non-smokers

[Cort Haus]

Soon after the anti-smoking laws here made it illegal to smoke in a place of work, a friend was smoking in the street when a woman came up to him and asked him to put his cigarette out. "Why?" he replied, "is this your place of work?"

[Boris Godunov]

No, just incredibly inattentive. Perhaps this person lives in a "town" like Kingston, for instance. If it's not written on a beer can, they don't know it.

But it's written on the cigarrette package...

[Asher]

Soon after the anti-smoking laws here made it illegal to smoke in a place of work, a friend was smoking in the street when a woman came up to him and asked him to put his cigarette out. "Why?" he replied, "is this your place of work?"

Punchline: Fast forward 20 years and he dies from cancer LOL.

Smartass smokers are my favourite kind. Oblivious to the world.

[Theben]

Anti-smokers are the worst sort of pond-scum with their moralizing about a legally grown, sold, and used product.

I'm allergic to cigarettes. Do I still qualify when I say I don't like cigs?

[Asher]

I'm allergic to cigarettes. Do I still qualify when I say I don't like cigs?

You're so inconsiderate. Haven't smokers suffered enough?

[Asher]

But it's written on the cigarrette package...

And with hideous pictures, too.

[Cort Haus]

I'm allergic to cigarettes. Do I still qualify when I say I don't like cigs?

I'm allergic to sanctimonious preachers.

[Cavalcadeus]

No, just incredibly inattentive. Perhaps this person lives in a "town" like Kingston, for instance. If it's not written on a beer can, they don't know it.

I'm well aware of the risks of smoking, as are most people in the west nowadays. But I don't ever feel a need to tell the kids that go tanning constantly that its probably a bad idea for your skin and makes you look kindof like cheese. Thats their business. The same with all the other various chemicals/occupations/lifestyles that are less then great for your health. Some people just seem to love picking fights about it, though to be fair the ones who come up to me to give a lecture on smoking usually are the same ones who have a whole list of grievences with the world, and are quick to be vocal about it.

[notyoueither]

I don't have a cat yet. I feel my apartment is too small, such that it'd be cruel to a cat.

Later this year when I move, I'll get a couple.

I picked Eb and Zeb up from the farm at Christmas.

[notyoueither]

See, no one likes Dwayne Roloson.

Especially not Ovechkin and the rest of the Caps.

[Asher]

Clearly, somebody was just playing with Roloson's jersey.

[notyoueither]

Wouldn't you have to be incredibly stupid to not know that smoking is bad for you at this point?

Sky diving, driving fast, drinking far too much, some drugs, etc. are all known to be bad for people. That does not prevent young people from taking them up/doing them.

I will go back to what I've been saying for a long time now. If smoking is guaranteed bad for people, it should be illegal to grow, manufacture, import, and sell the product.

Take any 100,000 people born today. Be assured that in 18 years a certain number of them will smoke. Why is that allowed to continue?

[Ming]

And people will continue to eat fast food and get fat and die of heart attacks... Why is that allowed to continue

[Ming]

And people will continue to drink, and die from alcohol related diseases... Why is that allowed to continue

[Asher]

Sky diving, driving fast, drinking far too much, some drugs, etc. are all known to be bad for people. That does not prevent young people from taking them up/doing them.

I will go back to what I've been saying for a long time now. If smoking is guaranteed bad for people, it should be illegal to grow, manufacture, import, and sell the product.

Take any 100,000 people born today. Be assured that in 18 years a certain number of them will smoke. Why is that allowed to continue?

Because otherwise you'll all just buy it on the black market and we lose out on the tax stream.

It should be illegal but it's impossible to prevent people from getting their hands on it. You sound like you're trying to force off the decision not to smoke on other people, it should be your own.