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When I saw your post, I thought, "oh no, YOU again." As for mind over matter, I don't have to see the smoke, it's just that my windpipe will start closing. Just because it doesn't happen to you doesn't mean it isn't valid. As for the stinky part of it, that's the truly sad thing about smokers, they don't realize how gross they smell and how gross they make us smell. I had two smoking parents and their home became yellowed. We've had tenants who smoke and I've seen windows covered with 1/8 inch thickness of tar. If it's covering the windows, what do you think it's doing to your lungs? Just wait til you get COPD or something like that. It's NOT just lung cancer that can ruin your life.

Me again?? I've been registered with FRee Republic a lot longer then YOU!

I'm sorry you hate smokers so much. So why do you hang around them? I am sure there are plenty of places for you to go where you don't even have to SEE a smoker. Get real.

Whether you have been on FR longer than me isn't the issue. We are talking about smoking. I don't care if you decide to smoke. What I do care about is how you and others want to force it upon me, my children and so on. While I may avoid restaurants where you congregate, there are many places where you can freely smoke and ruin my day. It's obnoxious. Just once, I want to hear from an honest smoker who can say "hey, I enjoy it, but I know I'm causing other people some level of distress." That would be honest. I don't think you guys are really making the world a better place. I have never tried to outlaw anything - but if you were all polite, maybe there wouldn't be so many groups that are.

"When I saw your post, I thought, "oh no, YOU again."

I must say, I got a kick out of that comment, SL !!!!!! Posters on these smoking threads sure don't hold back, particularly the anti-smokers.