• Otter@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    First and foremost, people have the right to slowly kill themselves with cigarettes as long as it isn't harming innocent bystanders.

    That's the thing with smoking though, second hand smoke is a big problem, especially for vulnerable people

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      1 year ago

      Indoors maybe. People really have a warped idea of how much smoke they're inhaling in outdoor scenarios, unless they're literally blowing it in your face from centimetres away it's not doing anything.

      • Gabu@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        You may not know it because you're a smoker (smokers' noses are completely and irreparably fucked), but normal people can tell a cigarette was lit in a 10 meter radius, even on a windy day.

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            1 year ago

            We're talking about the outdoors. That shit dissipates rapidly following an inverse square law.

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          1 year ago

          I'm not a smoker.

          There is a difference between smelling and inhaling enough smoke to do any sort of real damage.

          The fact you think they're exactly the same thing is exactly the point.

          I bet you think you can get high from sitting next to a weed smoker as well.

          Let's be honest, people just hate smoking and want to get rid of it.

          • Gabu@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            Let’s be honest, people just hate smoking and want to get rid of it.

            See, you get it afterall!

            • Mchugho@lemmy.world
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              1 year ago

              Why don't you just mind your business instead of being a puritanical twat?

              • Gabu@lemmy.world
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                1 year ago

                Because fuckers keep burning and smoking stuff that smells like shit in public spaces.

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        1 year ago

        I'm surprised they can still walk around outside, when there are literally cars everywhere. Those are killing way more people on 'second hand' exposure than tobacco.