Smokers need to understand...
... precisely how foul and disgusting the smell of smoke is, to a non-smoker. It is extremely rude to smoke in the presence of a non-smoker without asking.

If all smokers had been polite, always asking anyone in the vicinity: "Excuse me - would anyone object if I smoked?" - and then paying attention to the responses - then there would have been no need for a legal ban on it.

Sadly, the majority of smokers are either unable or simply unwilling to understand exactly HOW vile it is for a non-smoker to have to breathe in those fumes.

I'm not trying to insult smokers here. I'm just having a go at those who have no consideration for other people around them. And no.. don't come up with answers like "but give me a break - I'm in a pub. If you don't want to breathe smoke then don't come in here" (before the ban). Wrong. Non-smokers enjoy going into pubs too. A lot more now, in fact, since the ban.
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