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That's one of the worst things about moving back to Atlanta. I enjoy going out with friends and having some food or a beverage in town. However, in most places you find smokers poisoning the air everyone else is breathing. I have no problem with them smoking, just don't let it affect the air I'm breathing.
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Definitely see where you're coming from. I quit smoking about three months ago, and it's very hard to stay quit because its legal status means just about anywhere I go nightlife wise there's going to be a cloud of secondhand smoke. Other highly addictive drugs are easier to avoid...a former meth-head isn't going to have to walk through a cloud of meth vapor to use the bathroom at a bar. 3 hours in a place where people are smoking is like smoking 2-3 cigarettes yourself.
Yea, it's crazy cause in past years when I would go out I would always find myself around smokers and it didn't bother me at all. Now if I just sit in a smoky bar for a few hours I'm definitely feeling it the next day. It's tough because often times your friends smoke and you have to be around it. I can only imagine what it's like after you've quit and then being around it. Congrats on quitting, keep it up!