If I had to choose between risking lung cancer, heck, even just having a sore throat, and a bit of mess I know what I'd choose.
Smoking is illegal in most indoor public places here too, but you have to run the gauntlet of smokers puffing away as close to the door as possible, and smoke drifts inside open pubs (or at least the ones I frequent), so it kinda defeats the purpose. Also if you're walking down the street outside you'll randomly get hit with a mouthful of smoke due to some smoker wandering the other way.
Smoking on your own property, okay, lowers the value of your property but whatever. But I used to sit inside my house eating breakfast, with the door open to let "fresh" air in, and if the neighbour was smoking in his backyard, I'd cop it! Where do MY rights to NOT smoke come in there?
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Date: 2008-05-10 11:19 pm (UTC)Smoking is illegal in most indoor public places here too, but you have to run the gauntlet of smokers puffing away as close to the door as possible, and smoke drifts inside open pubs (or at least the ones I frequent), so it kinda defeats the purpose. Also if you're walking down the street outside you'll randomly get hit with a mouthful of smoke due to some smoker wandering the other way.
Smoking on your own property, okay, lowers the value of your property but whatever. But I used to sit inside my house eating breakfast, with the door open to let "fresh" air in, and if the neighbour was smoking in his backyard, I'd cop it! Where do MY rights to NOT smoke come in there?