# Smoking. I can chose to have none of it, right?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-i-can-chose-to-have-none-of-it-right/383148>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 6, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-i-can-chose-to-have-none-of-it-right/383148 "2006-12-06T23:47:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-i-can-chose-to-have-none-of-it-right/383148/101 "2006-12-11T22:21:17Z")

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Interesting that none of the _pro_-smoking people are being chided with “The plural of anecdote is not data”, as I was earlier, twice. 😉

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**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-i-can-chose-to-have-none-of-it-right/383148/102 "2006-12-11T22:28:07Z")

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You asked if anyone had seen something. That is asking for an anecdote.

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**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-i-can-chose-to-have-none-of-it-right/383148/103 "2006-12-11T22:36:27Z")

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[QUOTE=villa]  
You asked if anyone had seen something. That is asking for an anecdote.  
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DianaG made a generalization about non-smokers being likely to ask smokers to stop.

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**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-i-can-chose-to-have-none-of-it-right/383148/104 "2006-12-11T22:39:06Z")

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That’s where quoting is helpful. It prevents people making the irrational assumption that a post is replying to the one directly before it, if indeed it is not replying to that post.

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**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-i-can-chose-to-have-none-of-it-right/383148/105 "2006-12-11T22:51:59Z")

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Sorry, I’ll try to do better next time.

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