So... New York is about to pass a law that raises the legal age to purchase cigarettes to 21

[CDiablo]

curl-6 said:

Mythmaker1 said:

CDiablo said:
For everyone here hoping for banning I hope something you enjoy doing gets banned. The shit doesnt hurt anyone but the user and doesnt stink up the public unless you are < a few feet from someone exhaling and even that is only for a second or so. It also provides the government with a ton of tax revenue. I dont smoke but it does more for the greater good than harm.

Perhaps it is simply my living on a college campus, but I definitely disagree.

The SOP for smokers here is to light up about 10 feet from every door, so you have to walk through a wall of smoke every time you want to go someplace. Failing that, you're bound to end up behind someone who's walking while smoking, forcing you to either jog to get around them or just sit and wait for them to go by. And given the way that terrible smell clings to everything, having to share a classroom with regular smokers is not my idea of a pleasant olfactory experience.

And being an asthmatic doesn't help. Walking from one side of campus to the other is bad enough without having to worry about breathing smoke.

This I can relate to, my University experience was the same, can't go anywhere outside without people spewing cancer fumes.

I cant speak for how it effects an asthmatic, so it could be a problem thare but....If you are 10 feet outdoors from a smoker you arent going to encounter anything, I regularly find myself outside of places where people are 3 feet from me smoking and I dont notice, so 10 feet is no problem. Indoors is a different issue, but I do think business owners and such deserve the right to have smokers inside, just as non smokers have the right to not spend their money or work at those establishments. Ill also admit the shit can stink, especially for long time use indoors, but you cant ban people from using crappy purfume/body spray, eating foods that smell bad or not showering and smelling bad.