What makes it worse in many areas (like Arizona) there is often wildfires in the summer. I see people throwing their butts out the window in town, and it annoys me because I know that habits don\’t turn on and off very easily. When this same person drives up north out of town, they\’re prone to also throw the cigg butt out the window and who knows if it\’s really out.

There you go another fire with smoke for all.
Thanks for playing!

Since I am physically disabled & not supposed to bend lift etc , picking up other peoples litter on my property is as if I am assualted by passive aggressive stuff , any way cleaning has to get done.
I must clean the street in front of my home constantly it amazes me that someone deliberately throws cigarette butts in front of my home all the time, this makes me wonder what the heck is wrong with this person ,the ash tray in the car is not useful when they pass my house. Why is it ? Does it bother them that I keep my property kept up, yeah I’d like to spend my time doing something other than picking up litter too !
Its gross and disgusting to clean up after someone and a cigarette butt that been in someone else’s mouth is the grossest thing to need to clean up next to the poop people leave every where from walking the dogs.

So, it’s fair that I can’t sit in the bar of my favorite restaurant if I want to relax just like everybody else, but don’t want to smell smoke that I find disgusting and end up smelling like an ashtray?

Why should I go elsewhere? Why not smokers? Face it, there are more places TO smoke than NOT to smoke - like your home, your car, and practically the entire outside world.

I don’t understand why some smokers think they own bars, or that since there is already air pollution, a “little more” won’t hurt, or that driving a hybrid buys them points they can use to be obnoxious in other ways.

Face it, if smoking were something that were invented today, it would be banned immediately in almost all countries, and rightly so. It’s disgusting, obnoxious, rude, inconsiderate, and downright unhealthy to the smoker and those around him to smoke in public.

The fact that for so long the majority has looked the other way does not alter the fact that changes for the majority that promote public safety are long overdue.

I smoke and yes its not the most pleasant smell , but I don’t throw my cigarette butts on the ground or litter at all in fact. I exercise and can run for longer than my 17 year old bother. I eat right, rarely eating fried foods. I havent eaten pork or beef for over 12yrs. So I respect my body but nobodys perfect, we all have are vises. I have influenced others not to litter, I guess after a length of time they felt guilty for littering in front of me and then completely stopped all together. Now I dont think its right for all the bars and restaurants to be now non-smoking. I can respect you don’t want smoke blown in your face or around you but respect the fact that its my right to smoke as well. I don’t know what the right answer is there, but it seems to me that the smokers are getting the bad end of the deal here. Maybe there should be an equal amount of places: some for smokers and some for nonsmokers. They passed the law here in fort worth to go into effect in Jan. that you can’t smoke in restaurants, bars or any business. I think thats ridiculous and extremely unfair. There have been restaurants here for years that don’t have a smoking section and I simply don’t eat there if I can’t smoke. But now I will be force to stay home if I want to smoke and enjoy a meal or a drink. This is unfair to the business owners too who will lose a lofty amount of sales.

I think I’ll go to hell now!

“Some people to crappy things. Some people do good things. Some people do both. To judge somebody (anybody…any race, any creed, any color) solely by what some do is stupid, shallow and really creepy.” What I would like to point out here is the last sentence…”To JUDGE somebody……soley by what some DO is STUPID, SHALLOW, AND CREEPY.” Does anyone else see the hypocrisy in this statement? Perhaps, my friend, you should get a grip on YOURSELF.

“That’s the thinking I’m talking about. It’s shallow. It’s wrong. And the next time someone sees a smoker, any smoker, will they think there’s a person who doesn’t care about anybody else?” Okay, don’t be ridiculous. Oh sure, just because I read the man’s opinion I’m going to think that a smoker, any smoker, doesn’t care about anybody else *insert dripping sarcasm*. Most of the people who read this are not little sheep, wouldn’t you agree?

I hate cigarette smoke and I hate it when cigarette butts are thrown on the ground - it’s rude and disrespectful - just like the man here is saying. Do you disagree? Or are you perfectly fine to sit amongst cancer causing agents being exhaled into the air which you breathe? Are you fine to see someone throw cigarette butts on the ground? Perhaps, you are.

I, on the other hand, am not. Like it or go to hell….I don’t really care which.

Quoting Jeremy here.

Those who smoke “begin to not care about anyone else’s” (referring to health/body). That’s the thinking I’m talking about. It’s shallow. It’s wrong. And the next time someone sees a smoker, any smoker, will they think there’s a person who doesn’t care about anybody else?

And yep, it’s precisely the same voice used by others who want to spread their own way of thinking. Placing entire groups of people into one category.

Everybody who is or does or thinks or believes (fill in the blank) is bad.

Nerve stuck. Mos def.

As for smokers being bad people all around, of course not. For those friends I have that smoke, I still call them friends. I give them friendly ribs about the nasty habit all the time, but they are still friends.