Addiction Taken Too Far

[Loupey]

Drove to a small town diner this weekend for dinner. Since we live in a large city which has a no smoking policy in all public places including restaurants and bars, we were taken aback by this sign.

[julsoph]

Wow...I can't even imagine...lol.

[Chunk]

Safety concern I would think.

[CaSousa]

We laugh, but a woman here in Boston last year had to be extinguished after she was trying to light a cigarette with her O2 mask on! She survived the incident with some pretty bad burns to her face, if I remember correctly. What goes through someone's head: "hmm, I have supplemental oxygen because i'm already suffering from emphasyma... one cigarette can't hurt." ??

[SmartWombat]

Yep, that's addiction in action.

[Photo-John]

Generally, addicts don't consider consequences. That's one of the symptoms of addiction. You can't try to look their behaviour rationally. It's not rational.