# Smoking v asthma

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-v-asthma/141691>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 10, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-v-asthma/141691 "2002-12-10T02:41:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-v-asthma/141691/21 "2002-12-13T04:00:18Z")

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> _Originally posted by The Mermaid \*  
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> In the end you have to take responsibility for your disease and take whatever steps you need to do to avoid exposure to your triggers._\*

Exactly my point, though expressed much better and in far greater civil tongue than my earlier. Sorry aurelian, I didn’t mean to come across as snippy as I did. When I’m drinking, I tend to say things with less tact than I would like.

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> **I wish that just once a smoker could feel what it is like to have bronchospasms brought on by exposure to cigarette smoke…**

Been there done that, but mine is triggered by most breeds of cats and Canadian bluegrass (not sure if it’s the plant or the music that the doc referred to). Do I lobby to ban the existence of either so I don’t have to have attacks when walking down the street in front of the cat lady’s home or someone with a new lawn?

That is the point I was trying to make. This isn’t about sitting in a closed room, a restaurant, or a car with a smoker. This is about walking into a building. At work, we are required to stay 10 feet from the door, and it is enforced. But there are still complaints from people who have to walk through what you would think was a termite tent, reading the complaints. Never mind the fact that for the past six months, 10 feet inside the entrance, they were removing floor tiles and pipe coverings that contained “fire resistant material”. The only complaints about that were that people had to use the “gasp” stairs instead of the elevator to go up to the third floor.

Take a breath, exhale slowly while walking through the gas chamber, and go inside where it is safe. If having to that is is the biggest inconvenience in your life, I envy you.

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**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-v-asthma/141691/22 "2002-12-13T04:34:27Z")

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Not only do I experience the same reaction to you with the combination of smoke and cold, I am pregnant and it also instantly nauseates me. I also am very reluctant to use any medication because I am pregnant. Being pregnant and asthmatic, am frequently short of breath anyway and holding my breath for long enough to run the gauntlet is not possible. Some have deliberately blown smoke in my face when they see my disgust. My current solution is to aim at smokers as I begin to retch. My goal is to put out their cigarette.

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