[emmarose]

comparing cigarettes to other habits is a nonargument. cigarette smoke will kill you... picking your nose probably will not... to argue anything else is ignorant. i recently heard a piece on npr about banning smoking even more than it already is due to studies on second hand smoke and it's lack of dissipating even in the great outdoors... the carcinogens and the nasties don't just disappear into some kind of magical carcinogen and tar-fairy land... even if you can no longer smell the smoke the poisons are there...

... now, this does not mean that i do not totally sympathize with smokers... i battle every day with my absolute infatuation with cigarettes. it is incredibly hard to not smoke once you've been doing it for a while and i fully believe that nonsmokers will never be able to wrap their heads around what a total bitch it is, but i still think it is unacceptable to smoke... and sometimes i do it anyway...

... main point is, comparing cigarettes to clipping your toenails and leaving them around the house in little piles or wiping your boogies on the bathroom wall is silly... that kinda deplorable behaviour will not kill the innocent bystander...