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AIBU smoking outdoors?

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Sago Mon 22-Jun-26 19:46:16

I am an ex smoker, not touched one in over 20 years but I was a pretty committed smoker, cancer in my 30’s meant I had to stop.

I am not evangelical about smoking as I remember how much I loved it.

Today at a garden centre someone was wandering around puffing away, the smoke was blowing in my direction and I have to say it was really unpleasant.

I don’t know why it irritated me so much after all it was outside but I felt it was too public a place to smoke.

AIBU?

Witzend Mon 22-Jun-26 19:57:31

Must say that as an ex smoker I love getting a whiff of someone else’s fag!

Fallingstar Mon 22-Jun-26 20:13:49

Vapes are equally annoying and give off a huge plume of smoke/steam that smells like acrid rotten fruit and will engulf anyone in a vapers direct vicinity.

MissAdventure Mon 22-Jun-26 20:18:54

Ii can see both sides of this.
On the one hand, its not nice (unless you're witzend!) to be close to cigarette smoke.

The other is, where can smokers go to enjoy a fag in peace?

Oldnproud Mon 22-Jun-26 20:42:13

To be honest, I am surprised that anyone would think it OK to smoke on the outside premises of a business nowadays, apart from pub- type places, and even then I thought they usually confined it to a designated space.
I certainly haven't come across it myself, but I don't really get out very much, and yes it would annoy me if I was near enough to smell it.!

Deedaa Mon 22-Jun-26 20:53:46

I was shopping today and a man walked past me reeking of cigarettes. It made me realise how rarely I come across anyone who actually smokes.

Jaxjacky Mon 22-Jun-26 20:54:04

I’d have moved Sago
I vape and have no great clouds of vapour Fallingstar depends on the type of vape and juice used. I don’t vape near people I don’t know anyway, you can generally vape where you like.