people do. but their being fat doesn't affect your health. it can't cause respiratory issues to others... smoking CAN.

Looks like you've been doing your research on wikipedia! :/ (rofl) There are many different studies that suggest all sorts of different things. What I've gathered is that they BOTH have negative health effects, and really, not one is worse than the other. No, we're not talking about people who are just mildly overweight - we're talking about the severely overweight/obese people whose weight is affecting their lives. K? Good. Thnx.

Wikipedia? Yeah im not 13. What you said was so general lol what was the point?

YDI for being up in someone's business. You only have the right to harass others for their personal choices once you're ******* perfect.

"Reading the comments on this makes me realize how many idiots browse this site." Agree, but you should probably change the word idiots to smokers in this instance. Even idiots are capable of recognising that telling someone not to smoke around them is not a bad thing. Only smokers and those who are easily influenced would argue for the right to smoke when it is not only affecting everyone else, but also illegal. "You should have moved"...really? Ugh. If someone was exposing their dick at the bus stop and I cited that this is illegal, I expect people to come up with something more intelligent than "you should have moved".

Oi, 'downtime'... you certainly need some down time. You're going to give yourself a stroke or something. Sit down, chill out and shut the **** up. Angry little shit.

If I pretend to care about your opinion will you stop sharing it? Oh, gee, you're right and in no way am I just going to respond with some lame retort like go **** yourself because I actually value your input. I definitely know who you are because your comments are always enlightening and in no way are you just some faceless idiot whose input doesn't even register on my radar. I hope you have a wonderful day and you don't go jump in front of a car. Run along now.

i understand your point, but at the same time i've been at a bus stop where no one is smoking and there are kids and its pouring out or freezing and smoker comes along waiting of the bus and lights up and everyone either has to deal with it till the bus comes or go out into the weather because some person can't wait to get to the destination to light up. I've been the person that had to stand or was stood over by someone who you knew had just inhaled like two cigarettes while waiting so it just gets into your cloths and hair and even pours. Fat people generally only kill themselves faster, but smokers cause health issues to people around them too. Just saying. And fat people pay taxes to for all the food they inhale at the "fatty food marts." I mean if they eat out all the time they might pay more in taxes then you would for those cigarettes since. LOL That's a thought.

Rant much?

169, Theres so much misinformation and bad logic there that I don't know where to begin. It's like looking at common sense having an enema. Basic facts: Obesity caused by over eating is a result of someone overdoing something that they naturally have to do to survive. While breathing is a survival thing, we do not need to breathe through little sticks. So I'm going to have to point out that it makes no sense to suggest someone doing something in excess is anywhere near the same as someone who actively takes up something that has no purpose. You might as well just go around punching yourself in the face, thats how ******* stupid smoking is. Since when is food addiction "OKAY"? There are entire government and non government teams - hundreds of people all over the world - working every day to prevent this shit. These people work in government policy, programs, interventions, every single thing possible to stop people from doing this shit. So, how you've suddenly pegged it as "OKAY" because they aren't making laws against eating food is beyond me. You don't have to smoke, people have to eat, it doesn't get simpler than that. There is no health benefit from smoking, all food (even fast food) has some nutrition to it. You seem to think its a bad thing to ban places to smoke. If eating fast food directly impacted everyone around the person eating it I'm sure they'd ban that too. Smoking does this. I don't know how this is something that doesn't make sense to you...Banning public smoking is the bare MINIMUM that should be done to help people from becoming victims of other peoples stupidity. Sure, it sucks to be stuck next to a fat person who invades your personal space, but that has no impact on your health. If someone is telling you you are horrible while smoking then you are SMOKING AROUND OTHER PEOPLE. Why the **** are you doing this? What you are doing is the equivalent of that fat person taking their burger and shoving it down your throat. I have no pity for you being degraded for being a selfish ****. Only an idiot could possibly come up with any argument to SUPPORT peoples "right" to smoke without being called on it. The really ******* sad thing is that there are so many stupid twats supporting your cause here that I find myself posting this crap knowing it shouldn't even be ******* necessary. Thankyou for wasting my time.