This is not a reminder that smoking stains your teeth, shortens your life span, and makes you smell. It does, but the health side is not the axe being ground today. But, if you're at a bus stop and someone comes in and starts puffing away and tainting your air, they become offended when you ask them to smoke elsewhere. Smokers have been given a bad name by society for good reason. Smokers will tell you they don't deserve to be singled out as often as they are, but I don't buy it.
Smokers do far more than hurt themselves and pollute the air.
They endanger everyone around them. And I'm not talking about second-hand smoke. I'm talking about when they take a still-lit cigarette and discard it wherever they choose. It's not only unsightly to see our streets and parks littered with cigarette butts - it's also dangerous. Hey, you may decide to kill yourself in unpleasant, painful ways, but don't let your addiction hurt the rest of us.