to expect smokers not to smoke right next to pushchairs children?

[BattyKoda]

Would it be unreasonable to ask the to push off?

Stood in a queue for the bus, person stood in front lights up a cigarette, as does his mate. Wind blowing in my direction where I'm stood with pushchair and pre-schooler inhaling all their toxic fumes. I can't leave the queue because I will loose my place (pushchair places are limited and on a first come first serve basis), so I reposition the pushchair and try to move DS1 as out of the way as poss.

Would it have been unreasonable for me to ask them to stop/move? I didn't say anything at the time because I didn't feel I had a right to, but on second thoughts, maybe I did?

Oh God. Life is too short

YABU - you were standing next to a road inhaling traffic fumes - a little bit of cigarette smoke won't make any difference in the few minutes you're queueing.

Yes, YABU.

It's legal if it's not in a bus shelter.

Perhaps you could have asked, politely, if they would mind swapping places and hopped they would be reasonable? If not at least you would feel that you tried.

YANBU i try to move ds pram ,its stinks

Well you could have asked, yes - you didn't have 'a right to' anything, but most decent kindly people respond reasonably to polite requests.

I hate smoking as an ex-smoker, but you really would be ill-advised to say anything in this case.

Yabu, sorry. It was for a very short time.

I normally move the pushchair out of the way or so that the wind is blowing the smoke away, I hate it but you cant really ask her to leave the queue either so not sure what you can do really.

YANBU. You can't avoid the traffic fumes but people don't have to smoke next to children.

Glad I didn't say anything then! I thnk I was worried about coming across too 'precious' if I had have said something, obviously that feeling was right.
2 people smoking right next to us though - it was making me gag.

DOn't think you'd have been being precious - just not knowing the reaction!

i once told a womam was shopping at tesco and she was blowing smoke right in my sons face and asked if she could blow the other way ,and she said ooh sorry love you never know if you ask nicely !!

i kid you not, when i was leaving hospital with DS as we walked out of the door, another mum turned to walk in, blew her last drag into my face, whilst flicking her cig, and it landed in on my sons car seat hood!
she was also pregnant

it actually made me cough and choke, not good when recovering from csection, my mil went mental and was yelling at her while she waddled back down the corridor, and she flipped us all the finger! nice!

If they are not in the bus shelter OP you can't really do anything, but i would of polietly asked as it is rude to smoke around children especially when they are down wind!

Yanbu. I'm a smoker but only when I'm out without DS or when he's fast asleep for the night and I can't bear people smoking in the bus queue or right outside the entrance to the supermarket. There's no need for it. Just move away a bit it's not difficult FFS! I usually pop the raincover over the pushchair if I have to stand close to people smoking. I know it won't totally protect him but it at least prevents him from getting a big lungful of smoke.

I don't think you'd have a 'right' to ask them to stop smoking but they were being very inconsiderate (as smokers often are).

I hate it, even out in the fresh air. You could ask politely but that's about all you can do.

YABU, its not illegal you know

agree with Jack, life is to short to worry about inhaling a few seconds of smoke, try and move them away from smoke fumes

OTTMummA and STayFrosty - thats dreadful

Well if it is illegal to smoke under a bus shelter then I did have the right to tell them to push off because they were stood under it, we weren't, no room, so we were stood in the rain

why not just turn the buggie round??????(!)

Unfortunately it is legal so I don't think you have the 'right' to move them on, but I don't think there is anything wrong with asking politely.

That said, I have horrendous morning sickness at the moment and want to vomit every time my dad walks into the room stinking of smoke (didn't bother me before I was pregnant). He is my dad and I still don't feel comfortable to say anything because I know he would be mortified.

Personally I think there should be designated smoking areas (and your own home obviously) as that would be the only way to protect non-smokers from the second hand smoke. That way if you choose to go there, it's your call. What I can't stand is crowds of smokers outside the maternity ward, so every expectant mother/newborn is forced to walk through a cloud of it to make her appointment. I get that it is inconvenient to have to smoke outside, but walking an extra 5 metres away from the door surely wouldn't be too much trouble?

They have a right to smoke in the open air - I would have repositioned the pram and be done with it.

Smokers are inherently inconsiderate* (I say this as an ex-smoker) - there's not much you can do about it, as long as it's legal.

• Back in the old, smoking in pub days - didn't you love how smokers held their cig away from their group - acknowledging that it was unpleasant - and let it waft into the neighbouring table of people instead...

You could have asked politely but might have got a mouthful. I worked in pubs long before the ban (unfortunately) and the punters would hold their fags at arms length and blow the smoke towarss the bar and the workers. Used to have to go into the los several times a night and bathe my streaming eyes to say nothing of the smokey smell of my air making me gag when I tried to sleep at night.

YANBU filthy, smoking, selfish, bastards

So it's not illegal to smoke in a bus shelter then....?
Can find some info by googling, I think it's only if there is a sign to say no smoking... which I can't remeber if there is...