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 | There is a chain smoker who sits near me in the new office. According to Jewish law, am I allowed to ask him to stop smoking?
Amen to the answer you received. I quit smoking in my late 20's. It does smell. Of course, in the USA it's not allowed inside buildings. Our government gets into telling us what we can and cannot do these days.
You may have already handled this. I would ask, in a kind way, if they have another office you could occupy. If that isn't possible the Jewish law should be applied.
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this is absurd. i cannot understand why Israel does not prohibit smoking in public places, especially in work places where an individual would be constantly affected by secondhand smoke. this is a case where health (and life itself!) is adversely affected by another's actions. it is just as overt as if the person had turned and physically attacked you. can't we see that? and as for vicki of texas, it's not our government telling us what we can and cannot do; it's our government telling our neighbors what they are not allowed to do TO US. there's a huge difference. smoking does not just smell; it kills.
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Research has shown the dangers of second hand smoke, which can me more dnagerous for the person breathing the second hand smoke, than the smoker. I have COPD, and got this as a child, with parents and granparents and others that smoked, even though I didn't smoke myself. Now I avoid smokers at all costs. I will walk out of my way to avoid breathing the smoke, because THEIR cigarette, cigar, pie, etc can send ME to the Emergency Room! People who cannot be around smoke have the right to breathe clean air. This 'smoker" can take smoke breaks at work, outside. Shalom
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Where I agree that smoking is most certainly a health hazard, have you just tried to speak to him. Sometimes people are just not aware. It. Could be that this person needs a friend, someone who cares. It is easy to be put off by the behaviour of others.
There is a saying, "the best way to treat your enemy is to make him your friend."
Could it be that's all he needs?
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Does he/she avoid driving her/his car in an area populated with people? The exaust and airborne polutatants from the brakes are thousands of times, if not millions more dangerous to others than cigarette smoke.
Or is it simply more convenient to repeat a leftist mantra aimed at others than to inconvenience yourself and address the more severe problem.
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Buy a fan and place it in your area facing the smoker's area and let it blow the smoke back into your co-workers area.
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you could ask him to use an eectronic smoking device which releases harmless water vapor and delivers nicoteen to them. These products can be ordered online from various places.
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