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39. The reason I don't like being around cigarette smoke

Tue Mar 11, 2014, 11:12 PM

Mar 2014

is because if I am around it for more than a few minutes it will trigger a migraine headache. Unless I have the medication on hand to abort the headache I am destined for hours of excruciating pain and nausea.

I may be in a situation where I don't have the medication because I can't afford it, or I have to drive home 70 miles to get it and by the time I get there I'll be puking in the car.

So its not just that I find it a little annoying and would like you to blow the smoke in another direction if you could. My reaction to it is pretty extreme. And a lot of smokers just don't get it, even when I explain it to them. They can't believe that something they think is so wonderful could make somebody else so miserable. But it does.

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Constructive ways to combat 2nd hand smoke? [View all] alp227 Mar 2014 OP

"polite smokers" is an oxymoron. The same as a "compassionate conservative" nt madinmaryland Mar 2014 #1

What bullshit. I never vape where smoking is not allowed krawhitham Mar 2014 #26

No. Your comment is bullshit. I am happy you are trying to quit, but madinmaryland Mar 2014 #30

My old boss filled my cubicle with tobacco smoke Kolesar Mar 2014 #2

Build a bunch of those airport smoking boxes. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #3

If they are outside, just give them some space Travis_0004 Mar 2014 #4

I read your other post, I think polite nonsmokers is more the topic of the day. Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #5

not only not polite, but seriously twisted and sad. bbgrunt Mar 2014 #40

I really do not know nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #6

People are either considerate or they're not. 1000words Mar 2014 #7

Just stay away from us Politicalboi Mar 2014 #8

Carry a battery operated fan, turn on and point at said smoker Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2014 #9

NON-smokers can stay at home with the blinds pulled - that way ya'll won't see us smoking :) n/t Tx4obama Mar 2014 #10

Create a society of generally considerate people. silverweb Mar 2014 #11

Why is it necessary to do that? There doesn't HAVE to be someone at the "back of the bus" shraby Mar 2014 #12

The more complaints and dirty looks they get, the more likely they are to quit, Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #13

. pintobean Mar 2014 #16

And here she is in later life, trundling around an oxygen cylinder for her emphysema.... Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #29

Smokers are selfish addicts that produce the single most polluted item on earth. onehandle Mar 2014 #14

I thought addiction was a disease, not a moral failing. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2014 #15

A lot of smokers cry 'freedumb' when you threaten their 'right' to pollute non-smoker's air. onehandle Mar 2014 #20

What I posted in another thread mokawanis Mar 2014 #18

Treatment for nicotine addiction has been common and over the counter for decades. onehandle Mar 2014 #21

I try and avoid any problems but as a cigar smoker, I've gotten some complaints even outdoors. brewens Mar 2014 #17

Smokers literally leave a trail around the office when they return from a smoke break. Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #27

I have a problem with people who wear perfume to the office.....(and everywhere else) VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #34

I had one woman at our blood center that would come in with some perfume that was like brewens Mar 2014 #38

Really. Nonsmokers don't get breaks? Because, in California, it is the law. Luminous Animal Mar 2014 #36

I actually don't smoke at work at all these days and when I did, it was only on my scheduled breaks brewens Mar 2014 #37

I find most smokers to be polite. Texasgal Mar 2014 #19

'Non-smoke crowd' = 83% of Americans. nt onehandle Mar 2014 #23

I've known plenty who insist on smoking on beaches and in parks. Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #28

So how do you feel about charcoal grills in the park....? VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #35

Water pistols (waterarms) with a 20 ft range have been 100% effective for me. Zorra Mar 2014 #22

That's a lot of rationalization packed into one OP. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2014 #24

there are a-holes on both sides--have not smoked in over 30 years and yet sometimes the smell of a dembotoz Mar 2014 #25

I've noticed that the most outspoken anti - smoking people pipoman Mar 2014 #31

I tried to suggest, alp227... MrMickeysMom Mar 2014 #32

No, I think you deleted the first thread because...... beaglelover Mar 2014 #33

The reason I don't like being around cigarette smoke undeterred Mar 2014 #39