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16. i dont know what that is, is it Dachau

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Fri Jan 10, 2014, 02:29 PM

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LA Times: Non-smokers "have the right not to be sickened by the choices of others" [View all] alp227 Jan 2014 OP

One smoker has the capability to invade the personal space of 100 non-smokers in a closed space. onehandle Jan 2014 #1

I don't know your answer, but I suspect it's "ban smoking." Am I right? Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #3

the same way you enforce all laws (excpt for illegal immigration) leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #7

How many million smokers do you want to lock up? Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #70

Keep your words out of my mouth. onehandle Jan 2014 #13

Don't try to tell me what to do. You said "you know my answer." I don't. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #68

I sometimes remind people that smoking tobacco is *not* an illegal activity. Arkansas Granny Jan 2014 #2

b/c smoke only stays in the smoking area leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #4

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it looks out dated leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #11

I can't believe I went Godwin! Capt. Obvious Jan 2014 #14

i dont know what that is, is it Dachau leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #16

yea i said that and stand by that. i am sorry if that offends but smoking needs to go and leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #41

Given the choice between sharing the world with smokers or those who'd put humans in pens Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #52

Me too. n/t beaglelover Jan 2014 #63

only untill the cancer from the smokers killed u leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #67

Give it a rest OwnedByCats Jan 2014 #78

Yes! OwnedByCats Jan 2014 #77

I've seen fully enclosed smoking areas at airports, smoking pens. They exist already.nt uppityperson Jan 2014 #98

Incentive implies carrot. enlightenment Jan 2014 #59

incentive, because it would lead to healthier people which is a good thing leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #73

I'm glad you do. enlightenment Jan 2014 #76

is that a crematorium? Really? roguevalley Jan 2014 #21

i think so, he's calling me a nazi leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #23

then he loses, honey. I think the last place nazi talk belongs is here. Mazel tov, honey for your roguevalley Jan 2014 #25

of course he did, i believe he knows smoking needs to go but habits r easier to defend than break leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #28

I wouldn't say Nazi OwnedByCats Jan 2014 #79

Well, banning smoking is exactly the same as the ruthless murder of millions, so there you go. Arugula Latte Jan 2014 #26

Better yet, forget the filters SoCalNative Jan 2014 #18

Non-smokers are free to avoid the smoking areas just as people who don't drink Arkansas Granny Jan 2014 #39

smoke disperses and when smokers huddle around entrances to buildings you need to enter leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #42

That is easier said than done tabbycat31 Jan 2014 #47

I actually get OwnedByCats Jan 2014 #80

I love the smell of totalitarianism in the morning. n/t Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #71

Absolutely correct! Thumb up! beaglelover Jan 2014 #62

I may be a little biased on this but I must admit... PoliticalPothead Jan 2014 #5

i know people like that my wife's aunt ( who died from smoking related emphysema ) leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #9

Unless it's the last bong hit Inkfreak Jan 2014 #90

When I was a cig smoker, I always tried to be unimposing. phleshdef Jan 2014 #6

This. Consideration is the key. Shandris Jan 2014 #20

pig farming serves us food smoking serves us cancer leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #29

Dispersed smoke in the air doesn't serve you cancer. Shandris Jan 2014 #35

Dispersed smoke in the air doesn't serve you cancer. example is too narrow leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #40

Living life must terrify you. n/t beaglelover Jan 2014 #65

You are totally anti-science. former9thward Jan 2014 #83

I can go smoke and not die. Fawke Em Jan 2014 #97

My experience is that the overwhelming majority of smokers Mariana Jan 2014 #31

I smoked for a few years when I was having a rough patch in life, OwnedByCats Jan 2014 #84

One smoker has more rights. Savannahmann Jan 2014 #10

My parents smoked in the car and house when i was a Kid Shoulders of Giants Jan 2014 #12

Where do you live? Fawke Em Jan 2014 #17

I did grow up in a factory town in Illinois Shoulders of Giants Jan 2014 #36

I was around smokers as a child a lot OwnedByCats Jan 2014 #85

Why don't they ban tobacco and get it over with? It's poison. LiberalEsto Jan 2014 #15

The same logic applies to alcohol hack89 Jan 2014 #19

There's a significant difference LiberalEsto Jan 2014 #24

If that person gets drunk and then gets into a car then he can kill you. hack89 Jan 2014 #27

Drinking by far is worse when you consider the population OwnedByCats Jan 2014 #86

Smokers want to frame this as a nanny state issue when it is not. ProgressSaves Jan 2014 #22

it's nanny state to pasturize milk too then i guess leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #30

Well put. (nt) Paladin Jan 2014 #33

Do nondrivers have the right to not be sickened by the choices of others? ZombieHorde Jan 2014 #32

(Facepalm) HERE WE GO AGAIN with the "what about cars" fallacy. alp227 Jan 2014 #34

No, but their choices do make people sick. ZombieHorde Jan 2014 #37

I would imagine that prohibiting smoking in public areas LanternWaste Jan 2014 #55

You recognize extremes are not needed for smoking, ZombieHorde Jan 2014 #60

And smokers are not shoving cigarettes into Luminous Animal Jan 2014 #43

"denial of the massive amount of pollution emitted by personal vehicles" alp227 Jan 2014 #48

"The lung development...was stunted — about 20 percent smaller than average..." Cerridwen Jan 2014 #45

The reason I chose my screen name is that I ride a bicycle and I'm constantly breathing car fumes Fumesucker Jan 2014 #46

don't like my smoking? FatBuddy Jan 2014 #38

I imagine that same petulance is how many smokers rationalize it. LanternWaste Jan 2014 #56

I totally agree with that editorial. Vashta Nerada Jan 2014 #44

It will be interesting to see some of the same people who fought against cigarette smoking hughee99 Jan 2014 #49

The issue is that people shouldn't go to jail if they're caught with cannabis. alp227 Jan 2014 #51

I don't disagree on this, but there are people who are looking to ban cigarettes all sorts of places hughee99 Jan 2014 #54

I just know that life became a lot easier when smokers couldn't smoke in public buildings. KitSileya Jan 2014 #50

if I quit smoking and the logic of that quotation holds... dogknob Jan 2014 #53

I don't smoke but I don't care if others do. PeteSelman Jan 2014 #57

You are going to die of something, anti-smokers, someday, sooner or later HockeyMom Jan 2014 #58

I don't blindly cross the street, I don't eat raw or rotten meat, I don't gulp large quantities of DrDan Jan 2014 #69

What is premature? HockeyMom Jan 2014 #72

you understand my comment DrDan Jan 2014 #75

You misunderstand ME HockeyMom Jan 2014 #91

I stay away from smokers, as I said . . . that means I recognize the science surrounding DrDan Jan 2014 #92

You will get sick from THIRD HAND smoking HockeyMom Jan 2014 #94

ok - (although you are the one who continues to bring up 3rd hand smoking, not me) DrDan Jan 2014 #96

Exactly! Ditto for the anti-fracking folks. noamnety Jan 2014 #87

it so nice to go into a bar or restaurant and not smell cigarettes madrchsod Jan 2014 #61

Its also nice to go to a bar Go Vols Jan 2014 #66

If we can get rid of the smokers, can we also get rid of the gungeoneers, too? nt valerief Jan 2014 #64

that would be nice PowerToThePeople Jan 2014 #74

Well, that's two of us. We're a movement!!! nt valerief Jan 2014 #89

Both have equal rights under the law...as long as we're all choosing to wear perfume ScreamingMeemie Jan 2014 #81

Third option MFrohike Jan 2014 #82

this TeamPooka Jan 2014 #93

Smoking is banned in public buildings here Prophet 451 Jan 2014 #88

I smoked for 3 decades before I was ... 99Forever Jan 2014 #95