There's a reason why those things are called cancer sticks, coffin nails or worse.
Not a few times in the great outdoors, I have taken in a wisp of air and then coughed only to see some knothead 5-10 feet a head of me huffing and puffing and blowing nothing down.
Stanford University did a study of how smoking affects the quality of air at sidewalk cafes, park benches and other outdoor locations.
The conclusion - "adverse effects on the heart and respiratory systems and increase the severity of asthma attacks, especially in children."
So, now they can kill us or at least make us gag, choke and cough...and not even get credit for it.
"The Stanford team concluded that a non-smoker sitting a few feet downwind from a smoldering cigarette is likely to be exposed to substantial levels of contaminated air for brief periods of time."
and...
another prof says..."We were surprised to discover that being within a few feet of a smoker outdoors may expose you to air pollution levels that are comparable, on average, to indoor levels that we measured in previous studies of homes and taverns."
Sitting a foot and half away from a smoker outdoors who smokes two cigarettes = exposure to secondhand smoke sitting inside a tavern with smokers.
WARNING - People who smoke are stupid and will slowly kill you.
Are you stupid?
I had a grandfather who smoked three packs of cigarettes every day for 70 years and lived to be 87. Of course, he coughed for 4 days after he died.
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