Answer to the Smoking Issue.?.

in the early afternoon on Tuesday, the 22nd of June 2004 by Tina

Ok Smokers really don’t think it is an issue, and some who are so conditioned to people smoking around them don’t consider it an issue either.. BUT.. (gripe.. rant)

Have you ever been walking along and were stuck behind a person with smoke wafting from them into your face (of course no matter how you dodge it you are gagged by it).

How many times have you walked into a grocery store or restaurant, and had to make your way threw a cloud of smoke from the smokers who all have this need to huddle around the doors and puff away??

OK I have alot of friends who smoke and in-laws too.. and I love them dearly but aside from what they are doing to themselves by smoking, and the waste of money smoking is… being around them makes me gag to no end.

I also am upset by the amount of litter left by smokers, cigarette filters tossed anywhere, wrappers.. etc.. Due to the large quantity of smokers, and the mass amout each one smokes.. this litter might be the minority but makes it no better.. It grosses me out as I see smokers toss their waste from their car, or drop them on the ground as they walk by..

So this just goes with the disrespect many smokers have for others, allowing their smoke to waft in your face, their waste to lay about the ground.. and even in arid areas to start devestating forest fires!

OK so a thought, and suggestion.. smokers could pay for & maintain Smokers Booths they could be placed randomly around (for their convenience) and smokers can wait in line to use the booth.. just like the older phone booths.. they can then stand in their own waste and stench. Other option they can go to their vehicle roll up the windows and smoke to their delight (again leaving their waste inside the vehicle)…

Ok anyhow that is just a major HUGE gripe of mine, and bugs the heck out of me..

I do know some mindful folk who are curteous about this wretched habit and they know who they are.. but there are certainly by far more people out there who are completely discourteous about this grotesque habit (as i cannot go anywhere with out being burdened by them!)