• Alto@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    To an extent, smoking in public is fine. My regular smoke spot is in a park. But I also hike 20 minutes to it explicitly because its as far away from everyone else as possible, and the wind is usually going away from them.

    Maybe I’m overcautious, but I remember walking down the street as a kid and just hating the smell of cigarettes. I never found weed as bad, but I don’t want to br the asshole who’s the reason some poor 8 year is holding their breath as you walk past them.

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      7 months ago

      I was thinking public municipal streets and the like, not out in the middle of nowhere.

      And honestly, I’d apply that to cigarettes too if we wouldn’t be forcing a bunch of addicted people to quit cold turkey because they can’t take smoke breaks at work.

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        7 months ago

        Really the biggest thing is just having some common courtesy and being considerate of where and when you do it.

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      7 months ago

      My teenager still holds his breath as we walk by pot smokers …. Tobacco smokers are much rarer in public where we live