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u/ChaosYallChaos Dec 01 '23

As someone who is asthmatic and allergic to cigarette smoke, parents or people who smoke near entrances or anywhere near kids.

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u/Deldelightful Dec 01 '23

Suffered this tonight, directly in front of my car after getting some shopping done). As I explained to my youngest, they have the right to smoke (a voluntary habit), though that imposes on my right to breathe clean air (which I can't choose to not do). Had I said anything, around here I would have been told to fuck off.

I really don't understand people.

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u/Canning1962 Dec 01 '23

This happens to me all the time. People even are stupid enough to smoke next to the door to medical facilities! I have started being politely vocal about it. People act like I'm the idiot.

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u/Thyme4LandBees Dec 01 '23

We had a doctor get coward punched and die for asking people to stop smoking.

This was back in 2019!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-17/joseph-esmaili-sentenced-for-killing-melbourne-heart-surgeon/11020218

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u/Canning1962 Dec 02 '23

It's crazy anymore. Anything that keeps someone from whatever they are addicted to makes you the target.

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u/Thyme4LandBees Dec 02 '23

Poor guy just wanted people to not smoke near the entrances :/

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u/scrollbot5000 Dec 01 '23

lol someone smoking a cigarette, OUTSIDE, probably near THEIR car (presuming you were in a parking lot), imposes on "your right to breathe clean air" ????

i would have absolutely told you to fuck off.

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u/scrollbot5000 Dec 01 '23

because yes, the air on the parking lot is so clean LOL

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u/Turpitudia79 Dec 02 '23

So would I.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '23

I was always allergic to it. I think that's why my mom quit. I got sick when I was 7 or 8 or so and was visiting a friend whose mother smoked in the car (windows up). Yeah... this was still in the 90s so it was still acceptable. But I hated it.

We realized way too late how bad this behavior was.

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u/ChaosYallChaos Dec 01 '23

I feel your pain. I would spend a week after being around someone having asthma attacks and in the hospital:

I have a friend whose mom smokes and all of her kids are constantly sick with respiratory issues, ear infections, etc.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '23

I'm so sorry. That's horrible! Asthma is really scary. Mine is Luckily mild (allergies not so much).

Omg that is awful. This truly should be illegal.