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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
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.
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I never said the clown driving unnecessarily large vehicles for unnecessary trips get a free pass. I'm against them too. It's just not relevant to the smoking argument, IMO. I can accept that I won't convince you of that.
I'm not sure what else I can say about what I do to avoid cigarette smoke. I don't go where it is. If I walk past a group of smokers, I try not to inhale until I'm past them. If everybody I'm with at the pub go out for a smoke, I wait inside rather than socializing with them outside. If I see a group of smokers ahead and I have the option to skirt them without going too far out of my way, I take it.
To be honest, I've lost track of what you're arguing. You seem to be trying to poke holes in things I've said, but I'm not sure what your position on the subject is. Maybe you're just looking for clarification on my opinion, in which case I'm not sure how to get more clear than what I've already said.