My husband smokes. I hate the way it makes his breath smell and how it makes him taste. He smoked when I married him and therefore I don't feel like I have a right to nag him to quit. I knew he smoked when we first got together and accepted that. I have friends who also smoke, and it really doesn't bother me all that much unless I'm stuck in a small room with them. No one smokes in my house. The only thing I really hate is reeking like cigarettes after coming home from a place where there's been a lot of smoking and little ventilation.
With that said, my mother is on oxygen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and may be dependent on it for the rest of her life as a result of smoking cigarettes. My father died of smoking-related lung cancer. I just know I can't change people to make them improve their health so I try not to obsess over it.
I honestly love that most places are smoke-free these days, but I do think it should be something that the owners of the establishment, not the government, should decide except for the fact that people have to work in these establishments even if they don't want to be exposed to smoking. In my case, I can't give up clients because they are getting married at a smoking-allowed establishment or I'd lose a fair chunk of business.
Like a few others in this thread, I have asthma as well, and cigarette smoke plays hell with my lungs. I can be around it for a little while, but continuous exposure gives me asthma and allergy symptoms. My son is the same way. Just for those reasons I'm glad smoking is going out of style. But I don't think smokers are evil or bad-- I used to smoke and if it didn't give me asthma attacks, I'd like to have one every once in a while.
With that said, my mother is on oxygen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and may be dependent on it for the rest of her life as a result of smoking cigarettes. My father died of smoking-related lung cancer. I just know I can't change people to make them improve their health so I try not to obsess over it.
I honestly love that most places are smoke-free these days, but I do think it should be something that the owners of the establishment, not the government, should decide except for the fact that people have to work in these establishments even if they don't want to be exposed to smoking. In my case, I can't give up clients because they are getting married at a smoking-allowed establishment or I'd lose a fair chunk of business.
Like a few others in this thread, I have asthma as well, and cigarette smoke plays hell with my lungs. I can be around it for a little while, but continuous exposure gives me asthma and allergy symptoms. My son is the same way. Just for those reasons I'm glad smoking is going out of style. But I don't think smokers are evil or bad-- I used to smoke and if it didn't give me asthma attacks, I'd like to have one every once in a while.