You don't even know me yet you persist in telling me who and what I am. I have fully conformed to you and gov's silly rules, but I am getting tired of it. Really tired of nannystaters and government telling me what I can and can't do in a free country. Have you ever considered the jobs people like you have cost America? I bet it is in the millions now. Not to mention the tax revenue. These were not low paying jobs either. Let me tell you what political correctness has cost our little town. We are small, around 35,000 people in the whole county. Our job market has suffered terribly with NAFTA. What jobs we had here were precious. We had a recycling plant which employed around 100 people. The neighbors with "sensitive noses" complained of the smell so the city board, pandering as usual, told them, the company, they would have to move. They did. To another city. Then a tire recycling company wanted to move into the building and bring 150 jobs and then the same company was going to open another place which would employ 500 more people. But the city board said no. Its not zoned for recycling and we refuse to change. Then there were plans to build a big shopping mall employing around 1,000 people. But no, the construction in a mainly residential area would be too noisy. See where I am going? Our unemployment rate would have been literally zero if all this appeasing hadn't taken place. But its ok if you don't mind paying taxes to keep all these unemployed people on the government rolls.
I only know you from your posts. What I see in your posts is a lot of anger, and perhaps that has caused you to portray yourself in a way that is not generally consistent with your true self. Anonymous forums can do that too.
Becky, I agree with you on the majority of your complaints in the diatribe above, even if it has perhaps strayed from the topic a little.
All I ask of fellow nicotine addicts is that they remain conscientious of their impact on others and remain polite and civil when indulging in their habits.
The overwhelming majority of non-smokers are not "out to get you." But they will turn, if not treated wth respect.
It takes a lot to move a populace. The fact that they have turned on smokers should say something.
Just don't contribute to people's willingness to turn to the government for a "polite" (i.e. controlled) society.