# what if I posted "No Smoking" signs outside a cafe I don't own?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 7, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-posted-no-smoking-signs-outside-a-cafe-i-dont-own/455629 "2008-07-07T23:46:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-posted-no-smoking-signs-outside-a-cafe-i-dont-own/455629/121 "2008-07-20T19:38:54Z")

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> [@Yookeroo](#):
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> All those campaigns would like to eliminate tobacco use 100%.

I have yet to see a state campaign other than Undo Tobacco whose official, stated goal was to completely eliminate tobacco use. Most comparable programs have goals like “encourage smokers to quit”, “get people to stop smoking around their kids”, etc.

> [@Airman Doors](#):
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> Must I really go through this thread and draw quotes that support my assertion?

Don’t bother. **Yookeroo** and a few of his cohorts will just start the spin cycle again. Just point and laugh.

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**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-posted-no-smoking-signs-outside-a-cafe-i-dont-own/455629/122 "2008-07-21T06:39:45Z")

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[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF]  
Must I really go through this thread and draw quotes that support my assertion? You can try to obfuscate what you and your cohorts have said throughout this thread, but the words are there for all to see.  
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Go for it. Specifically this:

[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF]  
yet there is nowhere that you would approve of people smoking  
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Particularly since I’ve stated:  
[QUOTE=me]  
I don’t have any problem with smokers if avoiding the smoke is trivial to avoid.  
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And this (about a smoker 2 doors over & 1 floor down):  
[QUOTE=me]  
That smell carries. Not that I think that would be worth complaining about (that is pretty petty). But I do believe that the smell can carry that far.  
[/quote]

So, yeah, you’re spouting bullshit.

All I’ve ever asked is to maybe think about how your smoke is affecting others even if you’re in a smoking area. You’d think I was advocating the death penalty for smoking based on the reactions.

Funny how none of the smokers are actually addressing whether their behavior is rude.

[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect]  
I have yet to see a state campaign other than Undo Tobacco whose official, stated goal was to completely eliminate tobacco use. Most comparable programs have goals like “encourage smokers to quit”.  
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That’s what this campaign was. How you get from there to prohibition is a pretty big leap.

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