On Oct 13, 1:07*am, Dan Abel > wrote:
> In article >,
>
> *PeterL > wrote:
> > Dan Abel > wrote in
> :
> > > Let me guess, you used to smoke? *
>
> > Nope. I'm 53yo and a cigarette has never touched my lips. I was actually
> > the 'odd man out' at High School (back in 69/70) because I was the only
> > kid at school that didn't, and wouldn't, smoke. It was all the craze back
> > then.
>
> > I saw so many of my friends start it, just to be cool, and get hooked on
> > it. I saw it was a filthy habit then, and decided if that's what you had
> > to do to be 'cool' I was going to be 'un-cool'.
>
> Good for you, but you don't seem to be one who does something because
> "everybody else does it".
>
> > > It's the ex-smokers, in my experience,
> > > who are most opposed to smoking.
>
> > Yeah, I've seen it also. My SO is now a non-smoker. She used to when we
> > first met, till I gave her a choice. She could continue with her 'habit'
> > (even at only 4-5 a day, she still "needed" them), but she would be doing
> > it without me around.
>
> > It took her a couple of go's to finally kick it, but she's been smoke free
> > for nigh on 15&1/2 years........ and we'll have been together for 16 years
> > next month :-)
>
> Good for her, too. *My parents had an excuse. *Nobody was willing to
> come right out and say that smoking was bad for your health. *Once the
> Surgeon General of the US came out against smoking, both my parents quit.
>
> > It's quite pathetic to see these groups of people huddled outside of
> > office buildings in the city nowadays. And it's an assault on non-smokers
> > senses to have to walk through a cloud of bloody cigarette smoke to get
> > inside one of those buildings.
>
> Where I used to work, some of the smokers just didn't get the message. *
> The rules just got stricter and stricter. *When I left, the last rule
> was that you could not smoke within 20 feet of any building or structure.
>
> > But, try telling some 2 pack a day 'junkie' that the second hand smoke
> > they give out is worse than the shit they suck in, and that's what the
> > rest of us have to deal with, and see what "sympathy" you get.
>
> I don't believe that second hand smoke is as bad as smoking itself, but
> it's been proven to my satisfaction that it's a health hazard. *When I'm
> outside walking, I'll cross the street to avoid a smoker. *If I can't,
> then I just hold my breath when I walk by.
>
> > It's now against the law for anyone to smoke in a car that is carrying
> > kids, and I'm hoping that they will make it illegal to smoke in any car,
> > *period*!!
>
> We're getting larger and larger smoke free areas. *All public school
> property is now smoke free in my state. *It may be your car, but if
> you're a teacher taking a smoke break, you can't do it in the school
> parking lot. *My HMO (health plan) is smoke free on their campuses. *No
> smoking anywhere. *Not the parking lots, the grass or any benches. *
> Don't even ask about the buildings.
>
> --
> Dan Abel
> Petaluma, California USA
>

At my local hospital, staff is no longer allowed to smoke outside on
hospital premises. They have to go across the street.