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Originally Posted by bryantm3
2) people claiming they are "allergic" to cigarette smoke... // ...it doesn't cause you to get hives, it doesn't make you break out in a rash or make your throat sore in an allergic manner. it's an irritant and it can cause harm, but you're not 'allergic' to it. if anything, you're intolerant to it, but while you're bitching about a dude 20 feet away smoking a cigarette, why don't you fuss at the dude who sits in the parallel parking space with his car idling for 30 minutes?
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When I am around smokers, my throat swells up, I have trouble breathing, and I start to cough -- in much the same way I do when the pollen count is way up. So like it or not, while I may not be scientifically 'allergic' to ciggie smoke, I don't think its a stretch to say I am.
I typically don't have idling cars at the next table over or behind me at a bar. Until the NJ indoor smoking ban I did have smokers encircling me at dinner, at bars, at clubs (the worst!)
For all the bitching I see about the bans etc, I always wonder just why it isn't sinking in that maybe, just maybe smoking it bad for 'you' and that it might be prudent to finally quit? A friend of mine just quit 'for the baby' and I asked him, "so, you weren't worthy enough? had to wait for the baby did ya?"