Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site inuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!inuxd!burton From: burton@inuxd.UUCP (Thomas Burton) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: "Re: Disgusted by Smokers -(nf)" Message-ID: <574@inuxd.UUCP> Date: Mon, 9-Jul-84 17:10:12 EDT Article-I.D.: inuxd.574 Posted: Mon Jul 9 17:10:12 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 10-Jul-84 02:43:21 EDT Organization: AT&T Consumer Products Div., Indianapolis Lines: 29 When I finally get a house (of my own), I've considered just not having ashtrays at all (well, maybe one hidden away real good in case I want to burn some incense...). I've been debating on what to do when someone asks for one, however. I was thinking of telling them just to drop the ashes on the floor to see how they react (hopefully it will make them real self-conscious and uncomfortable...) Has anyone out there ever tried anything like this? Yes; my wife and I are not smokers, and we do not have any ash trays in our house PERIOD. Of course, most of our friends are not smokers either, and the few who are respect our wishes with regard to smoking in the house (in fact, they don't even ask; they know how we feel). We've become even more adamant about smoking in the house since we've had children; cigarette smoke can be dangerous to infants (no, I can't quote verbatim or give references about this, and I don't really care if the studies were shown to be inconclusive). We've only had one person that I can remember who brought a lit cigarette into our house, and she stayed in the doorway, and caught her ashes in her cupped palm. If anyone does ask, we just tell them politely that we wish they wouldn't, because we (1) have small children, and (2) don't have any ashtrays and don't want to clean up the ashes. Doug Burton ATT-CP Indianapolis inuxg!burton