Smoke and Mirrors

As a kid, whenever anyone smoked near me, I would cover my nose and mouth with my hands; my parents would be appalled at my rudeness, but the smoker would often butt out. I've never seen any appeal in cigarettes. To be frank, I find them terribly disgusting and repulsive.

That said, I have no problem with people choosing to smoke. If people are allowed to drink beer, eat fois gras, and live in Sherwood Park (yay asthma!), then people should be equally entitled to smoke, if they so choose.

Besides, letting people choose to smoke (provided that they aren't smoking near anyone that does not choose to inhale second hand smoke) can be socially beneficial; smokers pay into pension plans and then die too young to get paid out.

Now to the point of my post. If someone chooses to smoke, that's fine (provided that their doing so does not infringe on someone else's choice to not smoke). If an individual that opts to light up chooses to do so while driving, that is also fine (providing that it does not impair their ability to operate their motor vehicle). If said individual further decides to use the window in lieu of an ashtray, I am not completely opposed (provided that there is no increased danger posed to anyone else). However -and this is the whole thing that irked me enough to make this post- if you are going to smoke, in your car, while driving on the right hand side of the road, and using the window as your ashtray, learn to smoke with your left hand; reaching across your body and the steering wheel with your right arm is stupid, dangerous, and inefficient. In conclusion, smokers should be left-handed or ambidextrous.