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From: inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Self-Imposed Rules for Smokers
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Date: Fri, 20-Jul-84 12:21:24 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 20 12:21:24 1984
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Great! As a smoker myself (15 years, cigs), I think this is the right
approach. Smokers should be self-disciplining, because when non-smokers try
to set the rules, they just charge the atmosphere with something worse than
smoke: antagonism.

Besides the rules that appeared here, I have always followed this one:

    Never smoke in an automobile unless a window is rolled down.

I follow this rule in my own car, and in the cars of my friends, whether
they smoke or not. NOTHING smells worse than car upholstery after it has
absorbed cigarette smoke. I also never use the ashtray in my car, since the
plastic never gives up the odor. Instead, if I'm going on a long trip, I
drink a coke or cup of coffee, and when the cig is done, I flick all the
tobaccao out of the butt, and place the (relatively odorless) filter into
the coke can. My car doesn't smell to high heavens, and my non-smoking
passengers seem to appreciate that.

I'm sorry I didn't save your article, but I hope the person who posted this
orginal article (the pipe smoker of 23 years) will collect other "rules" and
post a synopsis. I feel certain this approach will be appreciated by smokers
who are trying to stay on good terms with non-smokers.

Gary Benson
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