Today if you are a smoker in America you are in a constant search for the outdoors, somewhere where you can light up in peace. Not only does it put you in a desperate situation but you also get a feeling of shame.
There are not many places where a person can smoke — behind the dumpsters if they are not queasy about rats and garbage. Most people when they walk by a smoker only give them a look of scorn, which just increases the feeling of shame.
Of course your health, addiction to nicotine and secondhand smoke are worrisome factors, but when did we have passerby's cared about your health in the past? This is just a way for society to find a new group of people they can categorize as outcasts.
It is enough to ban smoking from indoor areas, only after cars are banned should we talk about banning smoking outside of any building. Exhaust fumes are probably just as harmful to our health as a whiff of cigarette smoke as we pass a smoker on the street.
[Via: Washington Post]
