Nothing wrong with caring about people and not wanting to see them partake in an addiction that is destructive. But of course no sense in making yourself crazy over something that only they have the ability to change. Almost my entire family smokes or smoked at one point, but somehow I escaped it. My sister has quit, my two aunts have quit, my dad has quit off and on, thought I believe he's not smoking now, but my mom still puffs away. I hate that she does it, and she knows it, but I don't bug her. She'll quit when she's ready I suppose.
Bans are becoming popular in the U.S. as well, but over things like gay marriage.
Well, there's a vocal minority here who are pretty interested in those kinds of bans too. Luckily, they don't have too much sway -- just so long as our federal election (next month likely) doesn't become the gay marriage election. It might, but hopefully not.
Just thought from your silence maybe my smile wasn't obvious. Explaining jokes / amusement isn't fun, but it's better than misunderstanding. Wars have started over less. :)
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