I am. I've known cases of people being horribly burned or killed because some clown three or four units over went to sleep with a cigarette in his mouth. Nobody deserves to die for that sort of reason.
People should be banned from cooking in apartments too.
http://www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=2393&itemID=55293&URL=Research/Statistical%20reports/Major%20causes/
But is it fair to impose the restrictions on conscientious smoker?
For example, one smoker I know has his final smoke of the day while soaking the bathtub. He told me he does this because he fears the very disaster you describe. He barely escaped electrocution when, as he soaked and listened to NPR his Bose radio fell of the shelf and barely missed the the tub.
Of course I know of one diurnal smoker who's found another solution: he rolls up a nicotine patch and uses it as a suppository. I confess I've not verified this, but he seems honest.
“I am. I’ve known cases of people being horribly burned or killed because some clown three or four units over went to sleep with a cigarette in his mouth. Nobody deserves to die for that sort of reason.”
Many fires are started by electrical failures, let’s ban electricity from homes! Space heaters are another cause of fires, we better ban them too! No one deserves to die by being burned up as a result of someone elses desires for electrical conveniences or their desire to be warm!
Wow, this totalatarian mindset is rather easy!
Typical hysterics. I'm guessing that a fire generated by an exploding strawberry Pop Tart, or a grease fire on the stove would be acceptable "reasons" to you.
I am really jealous of people like you. I was much happier when I had no idea what was going on.
This is about money. Billions in CDC and NIH grant money. Billions in projected sales for Big Pharma with nicotine gums and patches.
Those same people are going after e-cigs. Which involve no combustion. Can’t burn the house down.
They aren’t doing this out of an altruistic philanthropical concern for the health of their fellow man.