Originally Posted by barfly 
An interesting aspect of this is that now that people have been banned from smoking in pubs, clubs, bars, restaurants and cafés, there is the complaint that smokers are making life difficult by creating a curtain of smoke at the entrances to these establishments so inflicting their “vile and filthy habit upon others.”
Should smokers worry about this? The answer is plainly “no” for the problem is not of their choice or of their making. The answer to the anti-smokers in this context should obviously be: “you created this problem now live with it,” and there should be no remorse of hesitation in providing that response for the anti-smoker lobby has indeed become overbearingly selfish. In other words, if it is true that smokers were the selfish ones the boot is now most definitely on the other foot.
However, the anti-smokers’ response to this perceived problem is to demand that smokers be banned from the entrances of pubs and clubs and even the beer gardens. How many landlords have now thrown up their hands in despair and annoyance as anti-smoker zealots go out of their way to move amongst the smokers in outside areas whilst making those pathetic little coughing noises and loud rude remarks about “how awful all this tobacco smoke is.” How many times have we heard accounts from friends about how, when sitting peacefully smoking on some outside café patio where there are lots of empty tables, a couple have deliberately made their way to the next table and started to complain and “ercoff, ercoff, ercoff.”
Selfish ignoramuses like these should be ignored and treated with the contempt they deserve but if only the catalogue of anti-smoker sins ended there. Unfortunately, the anti-smoker has become the supreme selfish egotist with little regard or concern for the momentous damage that they inflict upon others. So let’s consider some of that damage.
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Agreed, I absolutely hate this about non smokers. Like I will just be sitting by myself somewhere smoking a cigarettea and minding my own business, and then all of a sudden, a group of people sit right next to where I'm smoking and start complaining about the smell. How stupid can they possibly be?? It's like you do realize that there are many other seats open, yet you choose to sit by the person who's smoking??? Go sit somewhere else if the smell bothers you so much! I swear, people these days need to grow a damn brain.