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Quote by: Kizzume  Your resentment theory can come into place. Psychosomatic illnesses can be presented in many physical forms. Ever notice that when there's something you don't like the smell of, you smell more of it to try to figure out what it is, and then once you realize it's something really awful, suddenly it's so much worse? Just knowing what it is changes how you physically react to it. Yes.
But this does not change anything really. Extreme anti-smokers are going to be that way regardless. For the extreme anti-smokers, even a heavy-duty ventilation standard is not good enough.
I often wonder how many anti-smokers would support a flat-out cigarette ban altogether. I sure wouldn't. |
Finding out it is worse could be based on factural knowledge or brainwashing, we learn morality. Now we are back to "square one" in the debate.
Most animals have an innate reaction to the smell of smoke and they will run away, where there smoke there might also be a forest fire.
That animalistic reaction is passed on to us also - innate in our genes - because we are also part of the animal kingdom. The fear of a forest fire, or that the house is on fire, as so noted by the smell of smoke, is important and reaction to it could save our life - in case of a real fire.
That is one of the purposes of having a nose.
It therefore is easy to transfer the natural fear into a reaction to cigarette smoke. Via creating a fear that it is a health risk, and we learn to re-interpret the "message".
About you last comment. See my new poll.