S/O rude behavior - smoking in public

Yes, rude. Anywhere that a group of people are gathered, there should not be smoking. They have laws that say you have to be x feet away from a public enterance so that your smoke does not affect those entering, so it should be the same way on the beach; distance away from others!

I don't think it's rude but I do really sympathise with you, especially as you couldn't move.




Eta, I’m assuming there are no legal restrictions.

My answer is colored by my asthma and reaction to cigarette smoke so I vote rude. It is inconsiderate to make other people smell your cigarettes, even outside. I also hate it when people play loud music on a beach or in a campground. I guess I am not very easy to be around.

I detest smoking. It not only endangers the smoker but also everyone around them by the second-hand smoke, even if the don’t have asthma or any allergies to it. I know it is difficult to quit. I once dated a guy who had overcome his drug addiction several years before I met him. He was a smoker and thought he was successfully hiding that fact from me. Uh, no you weren’t. I had to say something to him about how I could not have a future with a smoker due to my health issues. That is when he told me he successfully kicked drugs and alcohol, but cigarettes had an even stronger hold on him. He said he had tried numerous times and could leave them alone for a few months, but always picked them up again. I knew they were addicting, but more so than drugs? That was news to me and I sympathized with him. But I couldn’t continue to date him because of them, even if he left the area to smoke. He didn’t realize how it made his breath, clothing, hair, car, and everything smell so bad. It was a shame because he was a nice guy.

A friend once joke that she was going to walk up to a smoker and fart. If they make her smell their smoking habit, she would make them smell her farts. We got a great laugh from her comment but I doubt she would ever have the courage to follow through.

As an ex-smoker, Yes its very rude! and even outside I wish they would make smoking areas closed off from the rest of the world. Its one smell that even as a smoker I hated it and now its 1000 times worse for me!

Rude. My mom used to be really bad about this. As an example, when we were leaving a concert or other event as soon as she was out the door she would light up even though we would be walking with the crowd for half a mile or so. After years of talking to her about it she finally came around and is now a LOT more conscientious of where she smokes outside.

Rude. Period.  

Nothing irks me more than having to walk through smoker's smoke to get to my destination.  

So rude! And so gross. 🤢🤮

Ex smoker here-totally rude and clueless

Rude. One should not smoke anywhere near other people unless they are also smoking.

It's rude. It's gross. I wish we could ban smoking in public completely. Stink up your house and keep your nasty trash in your house but don't make the rest of us smell you or deal with your nasty habit

I'm kind of torn on this one. As a non-smoker (reformed smoker), I hate the look of people smoking and I hate the smell of smoke. I would be really annoyed if I were sitting on the beach and kept getting second hand smoke in my face from the person near me.

But.

It's legal. They're outdoors. They're entitled to smoke there. There are so few places where a person can smoke now, I can understand why they'd think it's okay to do it outside like that.

Well, I'm a smoker. I do my best to not smoke around other people, but sometimes you can't. I'm also an environmentalist, and I would never leave my butts on the beach. I ALWAYS take them with me and find a garbage can, or take them with me when I leave. We were recently in Puerto Rico, and the smell of weed was way stronger than any cigarettes.