Tammy,
Don't worry...sooner or later I think I'll offend everyone...nothing personal...
One problem is that you're from Virginia...Isn't that the area where they grow that stuff? You probably can't help it...Maybe you smoke in order to help support the local economy...
Here in SoCal, we DON'T smoke...it's illegal...Only folks smoking are tourists and recent immigrants...
In California, it's been illegal FOR YEARS to smoke in restaurants, bars, the workplace, public buildings, etc. We have, by far, the lowest tobacco sales per capita in the world...
It is quite hard to travel to other parts of the world and cope with people smoking in restaurants, bars, public places...and cruise ships...
In all seriousness, my disdain for smoking is not just a personal bias thing or an infringement of personal choice issue...I am asthmatic and certain things will affect me drastically, smoking being the worst (air pollution, microwave popcorn and others aren't exactly fun foir me either)...When I am anywhere near someone smoking, my brionchial passages become inflamed and within minutes I haqve extreme trouble breathing...
Most smokers seem to think this is MY problem, not theirs and that I somehow need to just cope with it...
The kidding about the bug spray is just one of my ways of coping...