Speaking as someone who actually does have lung problems, I can assure smokers that anyone who would have a problem with an irritant the concentration of second-hand smoke belongs at home in an oxygen tent.
Smokers have become the whipping boy of American society.
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
Plane, train, the Boston Garden, grocery stores, drug stores, even in (gasp!)the doctor's office.
And there was less of this asthma crapola being fed the sheeple.
Thank you. Well put.
And if made aware of your lung problems, the vast majority of smokers would refrain from causing you discomfort.
I too was a sufferer of asthma at a young age, also suffered with chronic bronchitis (at least once a year). I started smoking in my teens. This did not prevent me from playing highschool football or being on the wrestling and track teams.
Today, my house is the only one that I smoke in. I try to be a polite smoker and not smoke around others even when outside. I do however resent the fact that in addition to paying my share of income tax, I am being unfairly targeted financially by government because of a lifestyle decision I have made.
I thought about quitting once, but recalled the words of my Father "Nobody likes a quiter". I have not had an asthma attack in over twenty years, and contribute it to conditioning of my lungs through smoking.
When someone askes me if I smoke I reply, no, the cigatette does the smoking, I'm just the sucker.