Originally posted by Verticae:
The whole problem for me, though, is the people that make it their life's purpose to be a drama queen whenever they catch a glimpse of a cigarette. Newsflash: you've got a mouth, use it to politely ask someone to move aside, rather than to act like you're coughing your guts out while in reality nothing's wrong.
Exactly. I actually had a guy cross over to my side of a wide pavement and cough as he went past. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but you do get your jerks on either side of the smoking line.
The whole smoking-around-kids thing is a big no-no, too. If I spot a parent with her kids or whatever coming down the street towards me while I'm smoking, I'll shift the cigarette away from them while I pass and not take a drag near them. I pretty much take pains to keep my smoke away from everyone actually. Stand away from bus queues or downwind from people, never smoking while people are eating, that kind of thing. Hell, even in pubs, I exhale up above peoples heads rather than straight out.