I completely agree. I hold my breath too, every time there's either tobacco, weed (or anything pungent, really). I only meant that we need to be consistent. Second hand cigarette smoke creates addicts from the cradle, for example.... this is still not widely understood, so on the "harm hierarchy" (that ranks legal, but potentially lethal substances), cannabis is at the bottom.
I think we forget about what is being smoked and focus on the act of smoking itself. It's another way we f--- up our environment, even if it is on a smaller more personal scale than, say, car emissions. You cannot convince me that breathing in any kind of smoke can be good for us. Even wood smoke from people's beloved backyard firepits can be a bother in my experience. No smoking should mean no smoking of any kind.
I'm actually not trying to convince anyone, nor do I disagree. I'm just saying that there exists a perception among some that there's a moral dimension. So does driving yourself in a diesel pickup to the drive-thru up the block represent more or less harm than a "whiff"?
Another thing many of us try to avoid is the cleaning product aisle in grocery stores.
I noted that in order for people with impaired lung function to get to the prescription area of a pharmacy they have to walk through the perfumed area.
My sense is that this kind of over zealous controls / concerns is similair to that with peanut butter in the 90s.
Oh gosh I wouldn't go that far. Pot and cigarettes smell awful to me.
Yes I get it. They are all objectionable
There are some Shoppers Drug Mart ( a local drug store) that I can't go into because the perfume area is at the entrance. (Or, if I am unaware until I enter, I have to hold my breath as I walk through). It takes my breath away.