I am a non-smoker and always have been. I’ve had friends who smoke. I have family who smoke too. Hell, my neighbors on either side of me smoke. Do I like it? Of course not! One thing I do not have is a significant other who smokes, and I never have because that is a deal-breaker for me. I cannot tolerate it and while I won’t refuse to associate with someone who smokes, I will avoid them whenever they light up. I think it is an unhealthy and costly habit, and not just for the person who smokes, but also for their friends, family, employer, and our health-care system. Not only that, but despite the depictions of the “cool” people smoking, I think it makes otherwise good-looking people seem unattractive.<\/p>\n
I’m all for recent legislation to ban smoking in public places. It’s about time the rights of non-smokers are taken seriously. I just wish there was a way to get everyone to just stop smoking altogether. You don’t know just how angry it makes me thinking about the harm being done to the children and pets of smokers. Their rights are being violated every day by people who claim to care for them because they cannot speak up for themselves.<\/p>\n
If you happen to feel similarly, here are some helpful links:<\/p>\n
Smokefree.gov<\/a> I am a non-smoker and always have been. I’ve had friends who smoke. I have family who smoke too. Hell, my neighbors on either side of me smoke. Do I like it? Of course not! One thing I do not have is a significant other who smokes, and I never have because that is a deal-breaker for me. I cannot tolerate it and while I won’t refuse to associate with someone who smokes, I will avoid them whenever they light up. I think it is an unhealthy and costly habit, and not just for the person who smokes, but also for their friends, family, employer, and our health-care system. Not only that, but despite the depictions of the “cool” people smoking, I think it makes otherwise good-looking people seem unattractive. I’m all for recent legislation to ban smoking in public places. It’s about time the rights of non-smokers are taken Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSmokefree.net<\/a>
\nSmoke Free World<\/a>
\nNo-Smoke.org<\/a>
\nThe Truth<\/a>
\nIngredients in a Cigarette<\/a>
\nAnatomy of a Cigarette<\/a>
\nWorld No Tobacco Day<\/a>
\nTobacco Free Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"