Keep Your Smoking To Yourself Please

Despite living in one of the staunchest states when it comes to smoking laws, I still find myself completely irritated and wishing there were more restrictions placed on smoking when it comes to the way people choose to light up in apartment complexes. I have lived in apartments for the last four years of my life and to this day I cannot stand when I am sitting in my living room enjoying some fresh air and then it hits me: the delectable stench of cigarette smoke drifting from someone's balcony completely invading my smoke-free home. Let me get this straight Mr. Smokey Bear neighbor, cigarettes are nasty enough that you don't want to smoke inside of your house so you're going to make sure you go and smoke where it will drift into your neighbor's living area. I am a pretty easy going guy, but this utterly pisses me off.

Now, I may be a little biased. I am a health and fitness freak, so I am overly conscious of how my environment affects my body. I also happen to have a lost a wonderful grandfather to lung cancer from being a life long smoker. Sure my disdain for smoking may run deeper than others, but on the surface I think it's just common decency to not subject people to gross, lingering and harmful doses of second hand smoke. Going outside to smoke to keep your house clean and stinking up mine is like me walking across the hall and dropping a huge dump in your toilet because well, I didn't want to blow out my own bathroom. It's just not cool. If you choose to smoke, that is fine I am not going to judge you it's your personal decision. I am kindly going to ask you to please keep the habit to your self and keep that cancer stick away from your peers who exercise their right to breathe fresh air. Thanks...