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View Poll Results: Is smoke shaming a good idea?
Yes, a very good idea! 49 33.79%
Only in extreme cases, like say smoking in front of a bunch of children. 31 21.38%
No, never. 59 40.69%
other (please explain below. 6 4.14%
Voters: 145. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-10-2019, 05:13 PM
 
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People believe the darndest things. Want a list?
Negative! I am already well-acquainted with Bro Science and its extensive list of the magical qualities of the Wondrous Plant!
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Old 01-10-2019, 05:21 PM
 
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Negative! I am already well-acquainted with Bro Science and its extensive list of the magical qualities of the Wondrous Plant!
What's your point? Your sarcastic tone suggests that you believe that it lacks beneficial qualities.
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Old 01-10-2019, 05:34 PM
 
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Negative! I am already well-acquainted with Bro Science and its extensive list of the magical qualities of the Wondrous Plant!
Curious.

Do you believe that you can test positive for THC "due to secondhand marijuana smoke"?

Did someone tell you that secondhand marijuana smoke reduces pain and cures cancer in others? Funny!

While it's true that the beneficial qualities of marijuana are often overstated by passionate advocates of legalization, recent research has demonstrated that there are legitimate medical uses for cannabis and compelling reasons to continue studying the drug's potential applications. Even the NIH's National Institute on Drug Abuse lists medical uses for cannabis.
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Old 01-10-2019, 05:50 PM
 
Location: Watervliet, NY
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So what if I had a garlic fish dinner just before my interview? Do you also have the right to not have to smell me?

Just consider yourself lucky I'm not the one interviewing you.
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Old 01-10-2019, 06:08 PM
 
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So what if I had a garlic fish dinner just before my interview? Do you also have the right to not have to smell me?
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Just consider yourself lucky I'm not the one interviewing you.
I'm not sure how to take that.

If you are saying what I had for lunch could affect the outcome of the interview, then that's really sad.

If you are saying you have your own set of offensive bodily odors to fight back with, then that's really funny.
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Old 01-10-2019, 06:43 PM
 
Location: Free From The Oppressive State
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I feel your pain whenever an officemate heats up the following items in the microwave:

Fish
Shrimp
Cabbage
Popcorn with hydrogenated oil

Also I have an officemate who brings kim chi and sardines for lunch with great regularity.

Also there are some who brew flavored coffee--disgusting.
That popcorn in the office is disgusting because they always burn it. Then you have to smell burnt popcorn for the next hour. I'd rather smell smoke on someone's clothes for a few minutes than that. And don't even get me started on coffee breath. I've had several close calls when I had to smell someone's disgusting coffee breath and almost hurled. They don't realize how much it reeks.
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Old 01-10-2019, 06:47 PM
 
Location: Honolulu, HI
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You have one life to live and one body, the fact that people would abuse it with cancer sticks is beyond me. I will never understand it.
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Old 01-10-2019, 08:23 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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Profit generated from the tobacco industry in the US is $35.1 billion. Using a tobacco product is a personal choice.

Why do you hate personal freedom?
Have you even read my previous posts? I don’t hate personal freedom, I have severe asthma and would like to breathe! Is that too much to ask for? I would rather someone shoot drugs into themselves than to pollute the air with more smoke. If someone must smoke, please do it in your house.
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Old 01-10-2019, 08:58 PM
 
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For one thing, being fat is not illegal. Smoking within 25 feet of an entrance is. The guy I saw today also threw his butt on the ground and crushed it out with his shoe. That's littering, also illegal. I don't see fat people going around littering the streets.
I do, throwing empty snack bags on the ground.
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Old 01-10-2019, 09:21 PM
 
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Have you even read my previous posts? I don’t hate personal freedom, I have severe asthma and would like to breathe! Is that too much to ask for? I would rather someone shoot drugs into themselves than to pollute the air with more smoke. If someone must smoke, please do it in your house.
It's only a matter of time before they ban smoking outside, since it's involuntarily shared space.

With this in mind, can you support this two-pronged approach?

1. Ban all smoking outside, in public view, anywhere where the airspace is shared with others.
2. Lift the indoor smoking ban in private businesses. Let the market decide. They would have to post "Smoking Permitted" at the entrance, in BIG letters.
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