Comments on: How to Smoke Cigarettes Without Disturbing Others

on 12/3/2007 Don't just blow smoke away from children. WAIT. There is no excuse for endangering their health.

on 3/25/2007 Getting cancer is one side effect of smoking, another is a persistent bad odor - on your clothes, on your breath, in your hair, in your car. I'm not sure if smokers sense of smell is actually impaired (although it might be), or if it's merely a case of someone getting used to a smell. But smokers, please be considerate that some (although not all) of you, frankly, stink. I'm not trying to be rude here, but I know plenty of smokers who don't realize just how offensive it is to stand near them - even then they don't smoke - because their clothes and breath are simply nasty. Keep it in mind or else the rest of us will laugh at you behind your back, just as if you had bad body odor.

on 12/12/2006 Odors - Sit in a folding chair and smoke not even a foot away from a window beside the wall with the window just in front of you and to your right (Or Left). That way the smoke will blow in front of you and slightly to the right (Or Left) and the majority will go out the window. I prefer to have a blanket over me while i do this so my clothes don't smell like an ashtray. When you're done spray the room down with something that smells good, lasts long, and isn't overpowering. I prefer Axe. Spray you, the chair, blanket, curtains, and the surrounding area.

on 12/7/2006 Great article! Very necessary. May I add a few points:

Not all people who cough as smokers light up are doing so to rudely make a point. Be considerate of asthmatics and people with other breathing disorders, for even a few breaths of second hand smoke can have serious medical consequences. (I, for one, WISH I was healthy enough to smoke.)

Please make every attempt to stand downwind when smoking outdoors, as some have pointed out already. A hot ash from a cigarette once flew into my eye. It wasn't pretty, nor did it feel good.

Some people exhale that last drag as they're entering a room, building, bus etc. Please don't. Refer to my first point.

on 9/25/2006 If someone walks toward you and coughs to imply that they are irritated, respond by saying, "That's a pretty bad cough you got there. You're lucky you don't smoke." If they persist with a lot of 'second hand smoke' b.s., make a deal with them that you'll be getting the cancer, gum disease, emphysema and premature death and they can just carry on with their healthy lives.

on 6/30/2006 Go for a ride in your car and blow the smoke out an open window. That way the smoke dissipates into the air and doesn't bother anyone. Your gas expenditures may climb, but maybe that will be the incentive needed to eventually quit smoking.

on 6/30/2006 Tell people around you that you're going to smoke and explain to them why you want one. If a non smoker is rude to you (like coughing loudly when you walk by them on the street), ignore them.

on 3/14/2006 When I smoke, I smoke the cigarette and then spray my room with Febreze.

on 3/13/2006 When others are around you, make 100% sure that they are OK with inhaling your smoke and that it is a smokers place.

on 11/22/2005 When non smokers are in the smokers environment, it is still considered polite for the smoker to ask if the non smoker minds you smoking. Even though this is your space, they will appreciate you asking. As a smoker myself, I've benefited from this approach.

on 11/22/2005 If you plan to light up in a public place, especially one where children are present, remember that many kids and teens have asthma or allergies, and cigarette smoke may trigger an attack or a reaction. Please be considerate and take it outside.

on 11/22/2005 Remember that smoking is a risk not just to the smoker, but to those around them. Be considerate when lighting up around non-smokers. Also, do not use smoke breaks at work to pad your usual break time. It's not fair to those who don't smoke.

on 11/22/2005 If you are forced to smoke outside, find an unobtrusive spot, stand there and smoke until you are done. If you smoke and walk at the same time, the smoke will blow directly in the face of the person walking behind you.

on 11/22/2005 I use a cap from a felt-tip marker to extinguish my cigarettes. After inserting the cigarette into the cap, it is out in less than five seconds and leaves no odor.

I smoke 3-4 cigarettes a day using this technique. There are about 16 puffs per cigarette, I now take 1-2 puffs before putting my cigarette out. I light up from 45-60 times a day, and I am quite satisfied. I love to smoke!

I wanted to cut back on my smoking, so I started smoking 1/2 a cigarette at a time. This took me from about 30 cigarettes a day to about 15. I then made it 1/3 cigarette per smoke, or about 10 a day, and progressed to one or two puffs. I have gone from about 27 cartons a year, to about 7 cartons. I have no intentions of quitting smoking.

on 11/22/2005 If entertaining in a no-smoke home, anticipate and set aside an outdoor area where your guests can discretely indulge their habit and still feel welcome to come back inside. Provide an ash tray or some suitible repository for ashes, butts etc., so the smoker does not have to make the awkward choice between littering your yard or introducing the foul tobacco remnant to your kitchen environment.

If you work in an offfice environment that has contained its smokers to a designated outdoor area, don't complain about the cloud of cigarette smoke that hangs over the congregated smokers.

They really are not meeting outside en masse just to offend you. I imagine that most of them would justs as soon light up every once in a while at their desks than take time to trek outside for a smoke.

It is true that people should not smoke, but some people do despite scientific evidence about the ill effects. Rudeness and a supirior attitude from a third party can never effect change.