Shopping centres allowing smoking at entrances

[ufo_investigations]

We all know what the effects of passive smoking are and yet in 2013 you can't access any major shopping centre entrance without passing through cigarette smoke.

Today, at a major shopping centre in Melbourne we endured cigarette smoke whilst entering and leaving the complex. A cigarette tray was affixed next to a doorway (supplied by the shopping centre). This was 1 metre away from a doorway and 1 metre away from a pedestrian zebra crossing which leads to the entrance. How ridiculous is this?  Young children, pregnant women and elderly use the crossing to enter the complex including my wife and I. Shopping centres are private property and they can ban smoking on their land if they want to but they have not. Why not?

50 metres away there was a childrens playground with smoking permitted on the fenceline. How ridiculous is this?

The sign read "No smoking within 5 metres".   Which means smoking is permitted as much you like after 5 metres. Guess what? The fenceline of the playground is after the 5 metres. Silly or what?

Next time you visit your shopping centre please observe these silly ashtrays next to doorways and make yourself heard. I have reported this to centre management and will continue to do so until it is changed. Please do the same.

[punch*drunk]

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@punch*drunk wrote:

Are the first world not allowed problems?

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Did I post that in the wrong thread or did the other post dsappear?

[imastawka]

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@punch*drunk wrote:

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@punch*drunk wrote:

Are the first world not allowed problems?

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Did I post that in the wrong thread or did the other post dsappear?

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Vanished, it seems

[nevynreally]

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@imastawka wrote:

There is NO clear link between passive smoking and lung cancer, scientists claim

Not at all what I was talking about.    I have emphysema and do not

want to walk through clouds of smoke where I find it difficult to breathe.

I don't stand there wondering if I'm going to get cancer from passive smoking.

I would just like my airspace not to be contaminated while I fight to breathe

through it

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So excessive perfume wouldn't do you much good either. Shame that isn't banned from shopping centres.

[punch*drunk]

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@imastawka wrote:

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@punch*drunk wrote:

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@punch*drunk wrote:

Are the first world not allowed problems?

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Did I post that in the wrong thread or did the other post dsappear?

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Vanished, it seems

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Thank god for that...thought I was going crazy and imagining things. Was just checking other threads for it lol.

[purple_haize]

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@imastawka wrote:

There is NO clear link between passive smoking and lung cancer, scientists claim

Not at all what I was talking about.    I have emphysema and do not

want to walk through clouds of smoke where I find it difficult to breathe.

I don't stand there wondering if I'm going to get cancer from passive smoking.

I would just like my airspace not to be contaminated while I fight to breathe

through it

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I agree with you, I have asthma and it is horrible walking through where people are smoking at door ways, they dont care about the health of others.

[carls*world]

My local has an 8 metre buffer, and security do move them on if they are aware of anyone within that zone. But they can't be everywhere all the time, and others rarely bring it to their attention.

[tstore]

Actually I edited the post just in time - came to my senses 😉

[imastawka]

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@nevynreally wrote:

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@imastawka wrote:

There is NO clear link between passive smoking and lung cancer, scientists claim

Not at all what I was talking about.    I have emphysema and do not

want to walk through clouds of smoke where I find it difficult to breathe.

I don't stand there wondering if I'm going to get cancer from passive smoking.

I would just like my airspace not to be contaminated while I fight to breathe

through it

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So excessive perfume wouldn't do you much good either. Shame that isn't banned from shopping centres.

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I seem to have pushed the wrong buttons in the last coupla days with you nev.

I don't much care for sarcasm.  And carls not helping by giving kudos either

[ten*teeny*tiny*toes]

I don't smoke but would providing a smokers room or area help alleviate the problem?

I've heard Singapore Airport has an area like this. Smoke filled with yellow walls but probably beats the mad dash/hike to get outside.

[imastawka]

Hey,punch, now I'm going crazy.     Post disappeared while I was answering!!