Originally Posted by high_jinx

I'm here to tell you as a non smoker, thats usually a no win for me. If i know the person asking and am to have any further relations with them, and ESPECIALLY if they are a friend of mine... there's no way i can say, "yeah i mind" or "can you wait till we get back to the house" to them. If i do then I'm the bad person all of a sudden because smokers as a rule have the same sanctimonious/defensive attitude displayed in this thread. Any objection on my part will negatively impact our friendship/relationship.

Because I think THEY are a good person, i hold my tongue. i let them get away with stinking me up and harming my health. The most i do is try to nudge them or help them if they express a desire or timetable to quit.

So all in all, like a point i made at the end of my OP that was largely ignored, I'm for your rights and liberties. i don't want to take away your freedom to smoke. I just wanted to know if you ever felt bad or guilty about what your subjecting us "innocents" to.

For the record, to me and a large part of society, it's a very big deal. and imo, it's a pain in the ass to find a place completely devoid of people to do what your doing to yourself, or to wait until such a place is available to you, but in the end it would be worth it to the greater good and to your psyche.