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Individual Issues Individual IssuesThis section is for anything that affects you or another individual directly. It can be to ask for advice on dealing with a smoking relative with tact, or handling the person waiting in line or in the restaurant who won't put out their cigarette.
Verbal Judo!This is a list of true responses to statements from individuals who want to promote their right for you to breathe in second hand smoke against your own will.
1)"When you walk outside, you're already breathing in car fumes!"
...BUT ARE YOU PUTTING YOUR LIPS AROUND THE EXHAUST PIPE?
2) "Too many people smoke, you can't change it."
TOO MANY PEOPLE DRINK AND DRIVE, AND LOOK AT FAR WE'VE COME.
3) We are entitled to freedom of choice."
SO ARE WE, AND WE CHOOSE NOT TO BREATHE IT IN.
4) "It's a legal product!"
SO ARE OTHER CRIMES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.
5) Do you mind if I smoke?
DO YOU CARE IF I DIE?
6) "Why don't you go after the murderers and other criminals, we're just having a smoke!"
TOBACCO CAUSES MORE DEATHS THAN HOMICIDE, CAR ACCIDENTS, AIDS, AND SUICIDES COMBINED.
7) "If you don't want to breath it in, don't go there!"
Do children and others really have that choice?
8) "Just because I go to tobacco sponsored events doesn't mean I support it!"
NO, JUST THE ADVERTISING THAT REACHES MILLIONS. IF YOU DO GO, MAKE A CALL TO THE EVENT COORDINATORS OR SPEAK OUT.
9) "I have an uncle who's smoked for over fifty years, and can run a marathon, swim across the ocean, and fight grizzly bears!"
SURE, AND I READ ABOUT THE GUY WHO WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING...BUT WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
10) "You can't change the World!"
I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE IT...JUST MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE.
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