<< Ya know, I took your advice and talked with my sister. Figured she was a pretty good candidate to talk to.........A professor at a University, a health nut, a nonsmoker, and a person who detests my smoking and does not allow me to stay in her house while visiting due to the SMELL of residual smoke. (So I think we can rule out that she is an "idiot" or a "fool" by your definition.
Her response was "No, I've never had residual tastes of secondhand smoke unless I was kissing a guy that smoked (and that wouldn't happen)." She difinitely will change her clothes and shower after being at a bar. She asks the question though......."If this guy is so concerned about how nasty and offensive secondhand smoke is to himself and his family, why didn't he leave that environment and excuse himself because of that? He apparently lives in a small town environment like we did growing up where the bowling alley is also a place that holds wedding reception, dinners, parties and even childrens' birthday parties. He should have already known that he'd walk into a hazy smoke filled room for this party. If it were me, I'd excuse myself from the party and on my way out complain to the management of the bowling alley to see if they can air out these party rooms. They probably can't or won't, but he doesn't have to take his business there, accept and invitation to a party at that business or refer his friends to that business. We all have choices we make, Mark, you choose to smoke. I choose to not allow you in my house because of that. We're both accepting of those choices." >>
You obviously have alot more emotionally invested in this subject than I. Wow.
I live in a suburb of Detroit. Not exactly hickville. We were invited to a party. It wasn't a den of smokers. I really didn't even notice alot of people smoking. When we got home, we could smell it on ourselves. That's all I was saying.
Yikes.