To not want to walk through a fug of cigarette smoke when I do my Tesco shop?

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The staff at my local Tesco store use the space by the trollies (immediately next to the main entrance) as a smoking park. The other day there were 6 staff there, puffing away, presumably on their break.

AIBU not to want to drag myself or children through that when I do my twice weekly shop? It's a large Tesco store and I know there is space around the side.

pianodoodle You are right, and I know this as my mother smoked all the while whilst dying from emphysema (so, I am admittedly a very biased anti-smoker

That's so sad and I've had family members also die from smoking related illness but who didn't stop.

Tbh most smokers will freely admit how disgusting they think it is. You blank your mind to that though. No one smokes while actively looking in wonder at the cigarette and how great it is. If anything if you watch a smoker they are chatting/doing something else other than focusing on the cigarette itself. It's done unconsciously in a way.

A book by Allen Carr that helped me stop says "smokers don't smoke for the reasons they shouldn't" as that would be ridiculous! It makes sense to me and it also makes me a bit irked when people (even well meaning ones) list the bad points as a means of getting people to stop.

It makes the person feel bad yes but it doesn't make them not addicted and is rarely enough in itself to help them quit :( It seems absurd to an onlooker to keep smoking despite being ill from it and it is absurd but it's the nature of it sadly.

As for alcohol I guess the intoxicating nature of it would hamper your work so there is that difference!

I think a lot of people who smoke never intended to become full time smokers.. I know a lot who started at gcse time as a way to relieve stress, and only at social events (pubs/clubs) but they never smoked daily but then it became hey if I'm having a pint I will smoke.... Im bored I will smoke... I'm stressed and they grab a smoke again.

Then it is completely habit which can be the hardest part to change... How many people bite their nails dispite the fact the amount of germs that live under their nails? Loads but they don't realise they are doing it half the time