The same goes with people who are affected by environmental tobacco smoke significantly.( ...) it makes some sense for government intervention to occur, at least on some level.
The problem there is that the more the government steps in, the more people will be effected by tobacco smoke significantly, degenerating into 'coughing fits' around smoke and the like. It's plain as day how psychological it can be having read this entire thread. It's like aqizzar's example of Arlington, what's exhaling more carcinogens, the smoker or the exhaust pipe? Think about it. Yet people don't fall over and DIE at the sight of the exhaust pipe. I'm not revisiting old material here, my point is psychosomatics, not the hypocrisy.
But I don't care if restaurants and bars ban it, over here in australia there's separate smoking sections which work, ie if the sections are inside they must have x amount of ventilation and surrounding wall space. In practice they work flawlessly. The reason I don't care is because I don't like the smell of bubble-gum, so I can sympathize, not to the point of outcry but still. It's not a health issue, it's a comfort issue.
It's a comfort issue. It's also a health issue.
Yes, there's a psychological aspect to it, but there's also the part you're missing, where some people are actually sensitive enough to it for it to legitimately, physically bother them, sometimes to the point where they simply cannot be around it.
Yes, cars are bad for this too, but you don't run cars inside restaurants or on apartment balconies, and, as we've said before, cars are just slightly more important to society at this time. And if you ask me if I'd support finding other ways to run cars besides gasoline, yes, I sure as hell do, because gasoline engines being all over the place sucks.
Also; here's a question. If smoking Nicotine is really just fine, why is smoking Marijuana illegal?
Weirdass historical reasons related to various industries and scare tactics.
It's strange. If you task around about why marijuana is illegal, practically no one will even be able to give you a reason (except for the government). Most cops hardly care, and people are starting to realize it was a big stupid mistake in the first place to make it such a big deal.
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