It smells terribly, exposes others to negative health effects without consent and is one of the biggest causes of littering. Simply put it is a major nuisance with no benefits apart from profits for the tobacco/drug industry and addicts getting their high.

Could probably extend that to anywhere around minors in general too.

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    You equate a carcinogenic cloud to an anime girl image… Buddy, that is the dumbest thing I’ve read in a while.

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      They’re mostly trying to satirize the situation. Pretty sure their real opinion is, “don’t get too eager to police others unless you also want to open the door to other really stupidly judgemental rules, like these.”

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      Second hand smoke risks have been heavily overstated.

      I was shocked (as a very strong anti-smoker myself).

      Even smoking itself only increases cancer risk a small amount, despite all the warnings. Though other lung issues are greater - those should be the focus to get people to quit, since they’re an honest high risk.

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        Alcohol is the same. Something like 6% of cancer deaths are attributed to alcohol. Its easy to make it look bad (and don’t get me wrong it is bad). Worldwide something like 80% of liver cancers come from Hepatitis.

        Recent surveys in the U.S. have showed that 5% of parents have skipped hep b vaccines and another 4% have delayed the vaccination for hepatitis B.

        Those aren’t directly comparable, but a person could drink every day of their life, and be 13 times less likely to die from liver cancer because a choice their guardian made.