Burned out by butt-inskis

Boston Herald.com ^ | May 20, 2006 | Michael Siegel

[SheLion]

[SheLion]

[Doctor Raoul]

Despite all the absolute demands for tolerance, you are still allowed to hate Christians, smokers, meat eaters and fathers.

[Melinda in TN]

As a person with severe Asthma, I appreciate the smokefree businesses but I agree that banning smoking in outdoor areas is wrong. My workplace is smokefree inside but there are outdoor smoking areas and I am free to avoid them. My asthma is triggered by cigarette smoke and my pulmonary specialist says that I could have a fatal attack if confined indoors where people are smoking.

It's my choice to never patronize businesses that allow smoking. I'm not talking about businesses that have smoking areas because those don't work. If there isn't a notice on the door that the establishment is smokefree, I don't go in. That is my choice. I would never consider supporting a law to force private businesses to ban smoking on their property.

[Gorzaloon]

Despite all the absolute demands for tolerance, you are still allowed to hate Christians, smokers, meat eaters and fathers.

*sigh* I see you let your NYT/Boston Globe subscription lapse again.

Those are GOOD Hates!

[metesky]

I fear that the anti-smoking movement is on the verge of running amok.

Oops! Too late...

[Lou Foxwell]

Now, finally, a topic I can get smoked about. I quit smoking cigarettes about 30 years ago but have been smoking cigars for about 4 months, one a day, good quality hand rolled Fuentes. My current favorite is Gran Reservo.
There is an emotional satisfaction in smoking that goes well beyond nicotine's addictive nature. Part of that satisfaction is akin to punching certain puritans in the nose. Another aspect is the pure enjoyment of a fine cigar.
There are lots of ways to kill oneself. Determining one's destiny should remain sacrosanct in a free society. There is nothing high minded or superior about those who condemn others for their personal choices. I would much rather work alongside the smokers I know than the prissy prudes who wrinkle their noses at a whiff of tobacco smoke. Anti-this-that-and-the-other-thing zealots must be made outcasts. Getting their noses out of joint by smoking a cigar has become a joyously serendipitous pastime.

[Tax-chick]

ASH, along with these employers, argues that these policies are appropriate because they will reduce the increased health care costs associated with smoking.

Maybe if there's enough of this, people will realize that letting your employer control your health insurance is a bad idea. Of course, many people still think government schools are a good idea, so maybe they won't connect the dots on this issue, either ...

[Aquinasfan]

There is an emotional satisfaction in smoking that goes well beyond nicotine's addictive nature. Part of that satisfaction is akin to punching certain puritans in the nose.

LOL!

[ClaireSolt]

I STILL REMEMBER THAT WHEN ALL THIS STARTED, BREATHING THE AIR IN MILAN WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF SMOKIONG 20 PACKS OF CIGS A DAY. (opps sorry about caps)

[SheLion]

Despite all the absolute demands for tolerance, you are still allowed to hate Christians, smokers, meat eaters and fathers.

You said a mouthful!!!  The general public has very little tolerance today for Christians, smokers, meat eaters AND fathers!  You are right!

Despite all the absolute demands for tolerance, you are still allowed to hate Christians, smokers, meat eaters and fathers.

You said a mouthful!!!  The general public has very little tolerance today for Christians, smokers, meat eaters AND fathers!  You are right!

[SheLion]

I would never consider supporting a law to force private businesses to ban smoking on their property.

And there is the answer!  It should be left up to the business owner and his patrons to have smoking or not.  NOT the government!

[SheLion]

I would much rather work alongside the smokers I know than the prissy prudes who wrinkle their noses at a whiff of tobacco smoke. Anti-this-that-and-the-other-thing zealots must be made outcasts. Getting their noses out of joint by smoking a cigar has become a joyously serendipitous pastime.

heheh!  High Five!!!

[EVO X]

Maybe if there's enough of this, people will realize that letting your employer control your health insurance is a bad idea

People don't like change. The only way to get them to accept an idea is to promise them more unfortunately.

[muawiyah]

Nothing more politically or socially disgusting than a prissy prude who sniffs her nose at smokers as she dismounts from her V8 powered SUV.

[secret garden]

The hypocrisy remains since those businesses that have banned smoking have not cut their insurance costs and they cannot guarantee they will not go up.

[SheLion]

Maybe if there's enough of this, people will realize that letting your employer control your health insurance is a bad idea. Of course, many people still think government schools are a good idea, so maybe they won't connect the dots on this issue, either ...

If smoking makes health care more costly then health care cost should be at their lowest historical rates since the 50's, since smoking has decreased per capita since then.

[Melinda in TN]

I love the smell of a good cigar or pipe but my condition (see post #4) doesn't allow me to sniff. LOL Some of my favorite childhood memories are of helping my grandfather roll his own Bugler cigarettes. Of course at that time, we didn't know why I was so sick when around the smoke.

I think it should be a personal choice and not a ban by the government. I mean, where does it stop? Things like that should be left up to the people, business owners and patrons.

[Vaduz]

Next time walk up to her and fart and some how smoke won't smell so bad tell her she has an option.

[SheLion]

If smoking makes health care more costly then health care cost should be at their lowest historical rates since the 50's, since smoking has decreased per capita since then.

I put that in bold so it would catch the eye.  But you know what I mean.  Smoking has reported to have dropped over the years, so blaming higher health care on smokers shouldn't be the problem anymore.

It's all the illegal aliens that our hospitals have to treat that is forcing us to have higher health care costs.