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I Can't Stand Cigarette Smoke

I Hate Cigarette Smoke

By: CagedRaven
Written on June 21st, 2009

I absolutely HATE cigarette smoke. First of all I am allergic to it. So being around someone who is smoking is definitely out for me. Secondly, I live in a very old building, and if someone is smoking in their unit the smoke seeps up into mine through the cupboards. Many times I've opened the cupboards under my kitchen sink (or my linan closet in the bathroom) and been slapped with a thick scent of smoke. I've had management seal my cupboards, so it's not as bad as it used to be, but i still get it seeping in. I don't see the smoke in the air, but that whiff of it is enough to get my eyes watering, my sinuses clogged up and the hacking cough to begin. I also have neighbours who smoke in the hallway on wet or cold days, and some who light up just before going out the building. Many nights I am bombarded with cigarette smoke so badly that I can't breathe freely lying down, so I have to prop myself up to sleep. Did I mention that I HATE cigarette smoke?

By: CagedRaven
Age: 46-50 , Female
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  • oregon111
    oregon111

    I have had similar problems - so I bought a house



    that solved that problem, but I watch where I go so I will not be around it



    I am a loner and happy to be a loner - rather than sick from the pigs who smoke

    Aug 20, 2012
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  • jvmodshop
    jvmodshop

    People will never escape the troubles of smoke unless they give up smoking (highly unlikely) or if they find a *real* alternative that works. I stand by electronic smoking 100% because I have seen my husband quit after 22 years of smoking. He gets his stuff from www.jvmodshop.com

    Jun 11, 2012
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  • LittleLena
    LittleLena

    I'm allergic to cigarette smokes too and I too cough when I smell it or I'm near it.

    Sep 5, 2009
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  • CagedRaven
    CagedRaven

    I know. It's definitely a problem that there seems to be no simple solution to. All I know is that I have the right to breathe in clean air. I shouldn't have to dodge cigarette smoke everywhere I go, ESPECIALLY when I'm entering or exiting my apartment.

    Jun 22, 2009
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  • Comprehensive2
    Comprehensive2

    I most certainly do to! I think public smoking is WRONG. Second hand smoke is second hand smoke and people should be allowed to smoke in their houses and no where else. Even walking down the sidewalk I've had to stop because some jerk is blowing that poison out and it's hitting anybody behind him. Smokers don't even care for the most part. I use public transportation and I could be sitting down and some inconsiderate butt smoker will plop down and light up without so much as a do you mind or even thinking..this person may not smoke and I don't want to bother them. I ALWAYS end up having to move to get away from them. One day I had to move four times and by the fourth time I was beyond angry and I went off on all of them. I asked if a designated smoking area could be set up or have no smoking at all and all I was told was that they are working on it. I hate to see babies being forced to breathe in that poison too from their smoking mothers or people who sit down next to them and light up. A few times I have said excuse me don't you see that baby right there and you're gonna light that cigarette up like that? The mother didn't even say anything and would have let her baby breathe that smoke in!

    Jun 22, 2009
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