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My Francais is non-existent, I am assuming the above means "we could tell you but then we'd have to kill you":
adurso
Contributor
This is the most polarizing subject.
I appreciate that in some Western Cultures Smoking is frowned upon by the majority (And yet obesity is accepted and you're not allowed to make comments on people's body size)
Not all cultures share that view.
If you are really that anti smoking then seek out non-smoking establishments.
Smokers tend to be considerate - they are used to be made social pariahs. But if the Shop/or boat has a smoking area then both sides should respect it.
A year or so ago I was on a liveaboard, there was a smoking area which I used as other customers and teh majority of the dive staff. It was very convivial havign a drink and a smoke after divign. There was one couple however who made their displeasure known with their snide snarky comments. They of course wanted to participate in the general merriment post dive which happened in the smoking area, and us smokers tried to accommodate them, we weren't going to stop enjoying our designated area.
This couple weren't the fittest, they'd enjoyed too many donuts - they were salad dodgers who would die rather than be seen in a gym. They were also high maintenance divers, needing complete assistance putting on their kit, getting in and out of the dive tender, and having to remove their kit in the water before they could climb the ladders.
They were the first to run out of air and would show their displeasure if a site had current and they'd have to fin (no sites had much current) At teh end of the dive you would have to wait in teh water while they huffed, puffed and generally faffed getting into the boat.
By mid week most had had enough but were biting their lips, until they made one anti smoking comment too far. Because they were customers the dive staff had to suck it up. I didn't - they got a few home truths. They didn't come into our area again, and my bar bill was put on the house.
You see a lot of Dive Pro's that smoke (outside the US) but you don't see a lot of overweight Dive Pro's.
So if your going to make unkind remarks about people who smoke make sure you're perfect otherwise you might not like the response.
Tolerance is a two way street
I appreciate that in some Western Cultures Smoking is frowned upon by the majority (And yet obesity is accepted and you're not allowed to make comments on people's body size)
Not all cultures share that view.
If you are really that anti smoking then seek out non-smoking establishments.
Smokers tend to be considerate - they are used to be made social pariahs. But if the Shop/or boat has a smoking area then both sides should respect it.
A year or so ago I was on a liveaboard, there was a smoking area which I used as other customers and teh majority of the dive staff. It was very convivial havign a drink and a smoke after divign. There was one couple however who made their displeasure known with their snide snarky comments. They of course wanted to participate in the general merriment post dive which happened in the smoking area, and us smokers tried to accommodate them, we weren't going to stop enjoying our designated area.
This couple weren't the fittest, they'd enjoyed too many donuts - they were salad dodgers who would die rather than be seen in a gym. They were also high maintenance divers, needing complete assistance putting on their kit, getting in and out of the dive tender, and having to remove their kit in the water before they could climb the ladders.
They were the first to run out of air and would show their displeasure if a site had current and they'd have to fin (no sites had much current) At teh end of the dive you would have to wait in teh water while they huffed, puffed and generally faffed getting into the boat.
By mid week most had had enough but were biting their lips, until they made one anti smoking comment too far. Because they were customers the dive staff had to suck it up. I didn't - they got a few home truths. They didn't come into our area again, and my bar bill was put on the house.
You see a lot of Dive Pro's that smoke (outside the US) but you don't see a lot of overweight Dive Pro's.
So if your going to make unkind remarks about people who smoke make sure you're perfect otherwise you might not like the response.
Tolerance is a two way street
adurso
Contributor
Come dive in Colorado, today. No need to wait until October whatever-it-is.
From here, .ca is closer then .co and we already gave them "fie dollah" for the privilege of transiting through YYZ, that should be good for a few more years... OTOH .co has pretty scenery, no border crossing, and free pot. (Just look around the entrances to rental car return lots at DEN.) Decisions, decisions...
I was in London and Paris this summer and if there are laws against smoking in many places, I seemed to miss them. The amount of smoking was astonishing and pervasive.
I have been hearing this stat for years and I think much of it is based on that fact that when people smoke marijuana, they hold it in before exhaling much more than cigarette smokers do. With vaping the negative impact on lungs may be different. I do not know. Edibles, of course, are much better for your lungs, but the danger of over-dosing is much higher.
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