http://www.sindark.com/2006/12/14/cursing-nicotiana-species/ dispatches from Canada's capital Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:38:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.sindark.com/2006/12/14/cursing-nicotiana-species/#comment-5715 R.K. Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:15:49 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/12/14/cursing-nicotiana-species/#comment-5715 Public smoking bans are an excellent thing. Let people destroy their lungs and induce cancer in the privacy of their increasingly carcinogenic homes. Public smoking bans are an excellent thing. Let people destroy their lungs and induce cancer in the privacy of their increasingly carcinogenic homes.

]]> http://www.sindark.com/2006/12/14/cursing-nicotiana-species/#comment-5685 Meghan Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:23:11 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/12/14/cursing-nicotiana-species/#comment-5685 I agree with you. The one thing someone can do to render themselves immediately and irrevocably unattractive to me is to light up a cigarette. Some smokers do try to be polite about their habit, but they are few and far between. Most light up at the bus stop, or just outside the door of a building, and all (but one) that I've seen drop their smouldering butts on the sidewalks and streets. I try to have sympathy - I know it is a horribly addictive drug - but it is hard. I agree with you. The one thing someone can do to render themselves immediately and irrevocably unattractive to me is to light up a cigarette. Some smokers do try to be polite about their habit, but they are few and far between. Most light up at the bus stop, or just outside the door of a building, and all (but one) that I’ve seen drop their smouldering butts on the sidewalks and streets. I try to have sympathy - I know it is a horribly addictive drug - but it is hard.

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