Ok, we agree that smoking causes awful damage to the one smoking. We aren’t so different after all. :-)
I think we’d probably both agree that secondhand smoke isn’t any good for the non-smoker being exposed to it. So, if we know that smoking next to an asthmatic or even our healthy family members is harmful, then we’ve crossed the line as to what is a harmful thing that is being inflicted on another.
If someone wants to smoke tobacco, I am fine with that. I truly don’t believe most smokers have any idea what type of health problems they are setting themselves up for, but that isn’t the issue. I am all for smoking, when you aren’t causing harm to others! I am not a smoker, but I generally don’t mind being around cigarette smoke. There are others, however, that find it very irritating, and wouldn’t be as gracious.
Because I have seen adults with COPD and emphysema struggling for breath, and because I’ve seen toddlers admitted dozens of time for asthma (and whose parents continue to smoke in front of them), I do consider smoking a bad thing. Will smoking a few now and then hurt? Probably not. Can it harm those with asthma or those whose respiratory systems are easily irritated? Of course it does. So, should those people NOT be protected from the hundreds of toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke?
No more than they should be protected from the toxic chemicals in peaches.
Cyanide, among others, dontchaknow.
You are comparing oranges and apples.
The hospital is banning the 'smell' of smoke. Not actual smoking around the COPD patients and asthmatic chillrun.
Big diff.
If you can't see that. I'll just call you Betty or Wendy. And you can stew in your own juices like some of my family does. ;)
/johnny