Dont know about you guys up in the US, but here in New Zealand there is just about no where I can go for a smoke apart from outside on the pavement! Be keen to get your feedback, I hate these fucking rules! So sometimes I break them a little....if Im out for dinner or clubbing I will smoke in the ladies, or on the dance floor - I refuse to go outside and stand on the pavement to light up!
Just a week before chrissy I decided to go to the supermarket to finish off the food shopping. I was smoking in the car on the way, arrived at the supermarket with still a cigarette in my hand so I went in to the supermarket, shopping list in one hand and ciggy in the other. I felt like a fucking criminal! But was determined to finish it. Half way round the supermarket I did, without any hassle from the owner or staff, and happily stubbed the butt out on the floor with my barefoot and finished the shopping! My boys thought mummy was real cool!
An Asian family moved in next door, so did the neighbourly thing and introduced myself to them. Arrived at the door to meet them, I did have my ciggy's with me, one already going. Asked if it was ok to smoke in their house, they were unsure, but want desparately to be seen as 'kiwis' so said no problems. Went to their house smoking, stayed for two hours, drinking chear Japanese wine and had two more fucking cigarettes....
Be keen to get your comment. I think its time to fight back....Im sick of being treated like a second class mummy , just because I smoke!
I moved from Germany to California in 2005. It was culture shock! In 2005, you could still smoke anywhere you wanted in Germany (but that is now changing). And California has some of the strictest anti-smokng laws out there. Airplanes, especially the longer flights, is where I miss smoking the most. People pay extra money to sit in business; I would certainly pay extra money to sit in smoking. Most restaurants and coffee shops here have outdoor tables where they allow smoking. Many hotel chains like Marriott are smoke-free (which is why my travels are Marriott-free), but many others reserve a small percentage of their rooms for smokers. You must ask!
Yes I hate when the government tells me that i am not allowed to smoke, even i disturb nobody,...this is simply fanatism and governmental greed towards the tabacco industry
I've only been smoking a little over 10 years so I'm pretty used to all the restrictions. They drive my mom nuts though.
Yes, I find all the restrictions to be quite frustrating. I certainly miss being able to smoke in restaurants ("Smoking or non?" "Smoking, please!"). And, all the hotels/motels going totally smoke-free is pretty ridiculous too.
I can deal with the restrictions but could they leave the effing taxes alone????
what age did you start smoking???
- solemum
on Dec. 30, 2011 at 4:40 PM