Many people smoke both here at Cabrini and outside of Cabrini. Do I necessarily care? Yes and No. No, I don’t care if you want to fry your lungs. Yes, I do care that you are trying to fry mine. Though I have family and friends who smoke, I think it is the most disgusting thing on God’s green earth. Well, not that it ranks number one on my list but it’s pretty high up there. It bothers me for several reasons. The first reason is because I have asthma and I really shouldn’t be as close to my friends when they smoke as I usually am because their smoke really sets my asthma off. Granted, I try to refrain from standing directly in the direction of their smoke. But it doesn’t always work out that way.
Another reason why I absolutely hate smoking is because it’s really unattractive. How ridiculous do you look sucking on a little stick. It looks ridiculous if you ask me. Not to mention if I’m very attracted to someone and then I see them with a cigarette and I’m thinking “wow that’s ugly.” Granted we have our flaws but when it comes down to it I don’t want to kiss an ash tray. Smoking is definitely a deal breaker.
The number one reason why I absolutely cannot stand smoking is because of the AWFUL smell that lingers and stains EVERYTHING. Your hair, skin, nails, clothes or bag-just everywhere! I can’t begin to explain how sick the smell makes me. It’s like a burnt old rusty metal lathered in car oil. It makes it worst when people will smoke a cigarette and then come inside. Not saying that they are animals and have to stay outside but don’t finish a cigarette and come directly inside. AIR THAT OUT A LITTLE! It bothers me so much because the classrooms here for example are so closed in and then someone comes in from smoking and the entire room fills with that nasty rusty smell! And don’t get me started on the ones who drown themselves in perfume and cologne. It’s like trying to spray a dumpster with Febreze–honey it does not work! No one wants to smell or smell like your nasty cigarette. Just because you like it does not mean that everyone else does.
Should smoking be banned? From a criminology perspective no because it would only make people want to go through illegal measures just to smoke! It’s not necessary to ban smoking all together. However I do feel as if smokers are the most inconsiderate group of people in the world. Just using Cabrini as an example there are smoking boundary lines. You think that people respect that…ABSOLUTELY NOT! That really ticks me off because now I have to walk outside right into a cloud of nasty smoke! Now my hair and clothes have that nasty smell on me. I’m sorry if you want to kill your lungs with smoking but I already have my own problems with breathing. I don’t need the additional hassle!
