I don't fear getting cancer from walking the gauntlet of smoker near doorways, That's just an annoyance. The days of smoking sections in restaurants, airplanes, etc, is where I think the danger really was. I look back at the pollution that was being caused by cigarettes back then and I am so happy to see where we are now. Our wrestliung team used to work bingos for fundraising, what a joke, the smoke was so thick it was like a fog in there. I do worry that i'll see ill effects from second hand smoke, but I'm over 40 now so hopefully I survived!
All the rules coming out now are pretty pointless, the danger areas for second hand smoke are pretty much gone, and we are better for it. The only good to come from further pushing smokers away is that it becomes so inconvenient they all quit. I think we have seen a big decline in smoking just because it's such a pain and you can't just light up wherever you are.
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