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[quote=JABAROOTOO,257268]Iceblue,
You can begin by explaining that this is a serious issue and that those around you who do smoke could respect you by not smoking around you if at all possible.  I ask taxi drivers not to smoke while I am in the car and I even had one driver put his cigarette out before I asked when he saw that I was going to get into his cab.  It was a pleasant surprise.

Smokers by and large are often arrogant about smoking but I find if you ask people not to smoke especially in very confined spaces like elevators where you would be forced to breath the smoke, they will wait.  If we don't ask they will never change or even consider changing.  I've even asked people in restaurants whose smoke is billowing around our table to at least move or of be aware that we are offended by the smoke while we eat.  While some think it is funny they do make an effort.

This week I found a man smoking in the back of a city bus, clearly marked NO Smoking and he was a little surprised that I asked him to put it out, but he did as he was clearly in the wrong.

It's pretty simple really .  A cigarette has a filter which is designed to reduce the amount of harmful chemicals that a smoker inhales.  No non-smoker has the luxury of a filter for the little benefit it may give so of course second-hand smokers  will be affected more than the smoker with the filter(second-hand smoker)

Children of course are often the biggest victims with parents, grandparents and friends smoking all around them while their little bodies grow.

You can make a difference but you have to stand up for yourself.  You have a right to fresh air like everyone else around you.[/quote]

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