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Originally Posted by Superfraggle
As I said, it isn't relevant because it isn't affected by smoking. I'll humour you just this once, though. Automobile exhaust is more acceptable than smoking because it has more upside. Using vehicles benefits everyone. Even people who don't drive/catch rides/use transit/etc. have to eat the food that gets trucked into the city and use other, similarly obtained products as well.
This city is far too big to maintain itself without vehicles. The benefits of using cars seem to outweigh the risks in the short term, at least. Whether or not they do is a whole other debate which doesn't belong in this thread.
The government IS also trying to reduce emissions by passing laws and regulations in an effort to shrink our risk. As I said before, I don't care if they make smoking illegal. I just want it severely restricted.
The benefits of cigarettes only apply to the people who are smoking them, who can weigh the benefits/risks for themselves. By smoking them in public, they are making that same choice for everyone else, except everyone else doesn't get the benefit.
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Can you humour me by telling me what it is you actually
do to avoid cigarette smoke? What steps you have to take. "I avoid it" isn't an answer.
This is what I don't get. People aren't allowed to smoke anywhere, but we have people griping about all the second hand smoke they inhale.
Hell, I don't like second hand smoke either, but you know how I avoid it -- I live in Calgary. I haven't encountered indoor cigarette smoke in at least a couple years. I occasionally get a whiff of it outside a door and I manage to struggle through it.
I guess we'll have to disagree with how relevant automobile exhaust is. I think it is relevant. Some clown driving an Exhibition to the grocery store is making a decision for me too. He's polluting just as needlessly (and more) than any cigarette smoker. He gets a free pass from you while you bitch about the tiny amount of cigarette smoke you might get a sniff of.