If you want an unpopular opinion: ban car exhaust in all public spaces. Watch people go from "second hand smoke kills!" to "are you fucking crazy?".

Yes, end with "protect the children!".

I've heard that smoking anything is actually just fentanyl and socialism combined into terrorism.

I smoked for probably 20 years and I completely agree. Yall smokers stink! You can still smoke in bars in my state and you can smell that stank from the parking lot.

I don't think this is that unpopular, other than with smokers/ vapers. In the UK smoking is already banned everywhere indoors at least.

I was a smoker for years and what made me quit was when I really grasped how much it makes you reek.

I have staff who take smoke breaks and god lord you can smell that nasty shit the moment they walk back on the floor.

it isn’t practical to ban smoking in public places but all Campus work sites should have designated smoking areas.

As an ex-smoker who hates the smell of cigarettes probably more than non-smokers ever will, I don't disagree in theory. But we shouldn't stop with just assaults to one sensory perception. In for a penny in for a pound as they say.

Loud-ass exhausts, booming subwoofers, and other assaults on the ears should also be banned in public. Strong colognes and perfumes...also banned in public.

Ugly sweaters, poor fashion choices, and shitty cars with anime girls painted on the side? You guessed it: They're assaults on the eyes and should be banned in public

Or we could just deal with the fact that other people like things we don't like.

That's not an unpopular opinion, that's just common sense.

I think it pretty much is?

Unless this is one of those "America is Default" posts 💁‍♂️

Unfortunately, I see two sides to this. Upsides:Decreases normalisation of smoking, which in theory could lead to less smokers. Encourages more of an 'anti-smoke' society, again, leading to less smokers. And more spoken about, less secondhand exposure. All of these would lead to less deaths. Downsides:Adults could feel paternalistic. Autonomy would be affected, even if it would objectively help. I do believe it would be worth it to stop smoking being so convenient.

Then everyone needs to support those who smoke not being allowed to be told they can't smoke in their home. Fucking landlord parasites and their bullshit overreach into what someone is allowed to do where they live.

As someone who grew up with 3 smokers until I moved out on my own I had no idea how bad I smelled to the people around me. It gets in EVERYTHING and the worst part is when you grow up in it you have NO IDEA until you get away from it long enough for your sense of smell to notice it. I was shocked. It took about 6 months.

Was playing MTG with my brothers one day and couldn't figure out why my eyes were red and what the smell was.... Then all the comments from people my whole life hit life came back and ran through my head. I was amazed then so so so fucking angry at the adults that raised me for it.

I do smoke marijuana since it was legalized here but after my upbringing I'm very self aware of my vice's problems and make sure I'm not a nuisance.

But I will contend that I hate the smell of tobacco as much or more than ex amokers

So where would smokers go? They can't smoke indoors except for their own home - what about work? Are they allowed to go to events or concerts? Can they eat at restaurants? Where can they smoke?

Go talk to a grandma who can't quit. Tell her she can't go to a park. Or outdoors anywhere there is the possibility of no people. "Go be alone Nana, no one wants you near them."

Suppose you just want to pick in a minority and this one is socially acceptable. You're making sweeping statements about a type of person who may be trying to escape but are tied by addicted. It's not racism but the underpinnings of bullying are there. Let smokers have some place they can relax or else you will make militant smokers who feel the pressure of everyone around them but unable to do anything about it.

Stop finding new types of people to piss off with unwarranted subjugation.

I say we should remove filters and put asbestos in the cigs and let Darwinism solve the issue.