Posted by Jay on May 23, 2012, 9:35 pm, in reply to "Re: I want to see bans on Exercise or Fast Food!!! LOL"
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I dont smoke just for the nic. I smoke cause I enjoy it. And I wanna enjoy it inside where it's meant to be. Not outside in the cold/hot and rain/snow.
I'm used to not smoking in public places. Doesn't mean I'm gonna patronize a smoke-free tavern for instance. I hear casinos by me (in IL) tried pushing for an exemption to the IL ban. IL's smoking ban went into effect in 2008.
An e-cig is the perfect device for someone who just wants the nic fix. But I want the real thing when I smoke. I like the tobacco taste. No offense intended.
--Previous Message--
: Everyone is entitled their opinion Jay and
: don't get me wrong man..I really dig my cigs
: too, but it's only gonna get worse and for
: every smoker that refuses to visit a non
: smoking establishment...(restaurant or bar,
: from the statistics that I've heard from
: different sources)there are actually more
: non smokers than there were smokers filling
: them places up and a lot of businesses are
: doing just as good if not better, now that's
: what I've been hearing. Here in Ohio, we've
: been a non smoking state since 2006, but
: most of us just go outside and smoke or if
: it's a bar they provide us smokers a place
: in the back and sometimes we are even lucky
: enough to find a pub that has a back patio
: with tables, chairs and ashtrays, so..it's
: not really that bad man, you get used to it
: after 6 years.
:
: Alot of us folks who do smoke sometimes tend
: to push the panic button when it comes to
: not being able to smoke on a plane, being
: laid up in the hospital, at the ball park,
: in a restaurant etc. etc. but it's not the
: end of the world, in this day and age
: there's plenty of products that they make
: that can provide us smokers with different
: methods and gadgets to get our nicotine fix
: in some way or another, and I have to
: respectfully disagree with you about anyone
: trying to control us smokers man, it's just
: the simple fact that smoking is bad for us
: and alot of folks are offended by it, that's
: why they invented the e-cig, so folks like
: us can enjoy our nic fix and not irritate
: others that are in the same building and I'm
: surely not gonna irritate my child, my wife,
: or my pet with my smoking, it's not at all
: fair to them and it's selfish..only my
: opinion.
:
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: --Previous Message--
:
: The motive behind all smoking bans is to get
: all of us to quit. But no smoking ban is
: gonna stop me from smoking. I just won't
: bother eating in a smoke-free restaurant.
:
: If anyone thinks smoking bans are to show
: respect for the elderly, kids, and other
: nonsmokers, think again. It's all about
: controling the lives of those who enjoy
: smoking.
:
: First, it's ban smoking indoors. Next, it's
: outdoor bans (including bans outside on
: college campuses). Don't be surprised if
: more states/cities implement smoking bans
: within your own homes/cars 10 years from
: now. Smoking bans in apartments is actually
: a lil more common now compared to 5 years
: ago.
:
: If this was all about respecting health of
: the elderly/kids/nonsmokers, the sale of all
: tobacco products would've been banned before
: I was ever born.
:
: A smoking ban to me includes banning sales
: of cigs/cigars/pipe tobacco. Not just ban
: smoking inside public places. But nobody
: wants to ban actual tobacco sales. Cause
: the states depend on smokers like me to give
: em cash via cig/tobacco taxes.
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