Writer's Block: Smoked Out
Nov. 20th, 2008 08:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
author_by_night[Error: unknown template qotd] I'm not the world's biggest proponent of smoking.
But scorning people? Something someone else does is in no way any of my business. I think some people believe that if you make a smoker feel like a bad person, they will stop. That's not how it works.
The only thing I mind is when smokers - and this is the minority - are inconsiderate of my right not to be exposed to it. I once visited my cousin's father (no, not my uncle), and the whole time I was there, he smoked in my face. Unable to find another place to sit, I had to deal with it. When I got back to my aunt's house, I felt like I had smoke in my throat and had to force myself to cough and drink a lot of water for an hour before I felt better. At least the other times I've seen him since, he's walked away (though still in talking distance) to smoke. But when it's not like that, it doesn't affect me, so it's none of my business.
But scorning people? Something someone else does is in no way any of my business. I think some people believe that if you make a smoker feel like a bad person, they will stop. That's not how it works.
The only thing I mind is when smokers - and this is the minority - are inconsiderate of my right not to be exposed to it. I once visited my cousin's father (no, not my uncle), and the whole time I was there, he smoked in my face. Unable to find another place to sit, I had to deal with it. When I got back to my aunt's house, I felt like I had smoke in my throat and had to force myself to cough and drink a lot of water for an hour before I felt better. At least the other times I've seen him since, he's walked away (though still in talking distance) to smoke. But when it's not like that, it doesn't affect me, so it's none of my business.
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Date: 2008-11-20 04:37 pm (UTC)But I get really angry when I see smokers.
If you want to overdose on drugs and screw up you life and health, or die, go for it. That's your own personal problem, and as long as you don't take anyone else down with you, I don't care.
But secondhand smoke kills. I could get lung cancer from breathing in the stuff you're breathing out. That's selfish and harmful and not okay.
It's not okay with me when people smoke. Anyone. I know it's an addiction, and I know it's not easy to quit, and I never, ever would say any of this to their faces, because it sounds as judgmental as hell. But it's simply not okay with me.
I don't want to get cancer because you couldn't kick your habit.