[Poe969]

all good points and thanks for the feedback but I'm guessing most of you smoke so it's not a big deal to you. And the point about it being the same as alcohol isn't really the same at all, and it's not really even close. You can sit beside someone who snuck a mickey and is drinking and not even know it, if someone starts smoking beside you you'll know for sure because you're being forced to breath in second hand smoke. I've had some people try to tell me that second hand smoke isn't that big of a deal and they're partially right because it isn't a big deal to the smoker just to the people around them. The main reason smoking bothers me is because of what it does to the people who don't want to be affected by it, I don't care about the stink...well I do but it's not really a big deal. I hate being someplace where you're forced to smoke, if you're outside anywhere (concert, fund raiser, or any kind of event) and there are a bunch of smokers who won't move because it's their right then you're forcing non smokers to smoke or leave. When you're somewhere with kids and they're being forced to smoke, what do you do? I don't want my kids being forced to have to get high or not be outside. I guess you just hope that people become more respectful and for the most part a lot of people are but it's those bad apples that spoil the bunch so to speak. I was thinking one simple option would be to carry around an air horn, when you're in a park and someone walks up and lights up next to you, because it's their right, you just pull out the air horn next to them because it's your right to do that too.