Sue DeNym
Refugee
I grew up in similar circumstances. Both my dad and older brother smoked like fiends, as did most of my aunts and uncles. The house constantly stunk of cigarettes. I do not smoke or like being around it either.Carek1230 said:I am not a smoker nor do I like being around cigarette smoke. I grew up in a home where 2 parents and most adult relatives smoked. It was at times asphixiating. I try to stay away from it but I do not tell smokers they can't smoke....
My aunt and my mother are the only smokers who visit my house and they will smoke outdoors, in the back corner of the yard. They don't complain about it. It certainly wouldn't be fair for a law to tell me I cannot allow them to smoke outdoors there or to tell them they cannot smoke in my yard.
That said, I do not favor a ban on smoking outdoors, as long as people are considerate; standing upwind from others, and not hanging about in doorways puffing away (that irks me! The smoke goes right into the building; they may as well be inside smoking! ). Considerate smokers, I have no problem with. But like any group or subgroup of people, there are always a few self-centered, inconsiderate jerks who make the whole group look bad.