Are you a smoker? I mean tobacco, not any other species of herbage's smoke inhalation. Tobacco means many things for our society. Tobacco has a big part in the occidental history, as proof of discovering America. To some cultures, tobacco is (or was) part of their customs and religious beliefs. Tobacco is also seen more and more as an evil we must banish forever, for the sake of good health. I am glad we are mostly past holy inquisitions and exorcism rituals.
I agree some places are bad choices for smoking, like hospitals, restaurants, schools, supermarkets, malls, buses, etc. It was a good move to forbid smoking in these places. Other places, though, I remain uncertain. A bar owner, for instance, offers a place where to drink and have fun. He pays for an alcohol permit, if he chooses to sell alcoholic beverages. Restaurants also have this choice. Couldn't a owner be offered a choice whether he wants his place to allow cigarette smoking or not, even if it means paying for another permit?
On the other hand, it is totally legal to douse yourself in heady perfumes and stink as you go. There's no law against stinking. people will not even frown at you like they would at someone who just farted. May it be at a restaurant, in a crowded bus or an elevator, feel free to make others choke on your own choice of fragrant bodily fumes until all they can taste is YOU. Do that and be sure to make a very, very lasting impression. I, for one, will remember you for the remainder of the day with passionate hatred.
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