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Dealing with dorming in college
I am very against smoking. I have asthma and it bothers me. I'm also afraid of getting secondhand smoke. If I live with smokers, but they never smoke inside the building, can this affect my health in any way? Is it only dangerous if you're inhaling smoke? Thanks!!
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I'm thinking it may be able to harm you if you like hug them right after they smoke. Some of the "stuff" (I don't really know how to explain it) may be on their clothes.
If you do end up living with them just tell them your feelings on it. Make sure they know that you aren't judging them though. That would really suck to live with. Ask them if they can respect your choice, I am sure they will oblige, besides you will probably not be in your dorm a whole lot when they are. Your life is super busy in college.
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I'm in the exact same situation!
--Basically, it'll only be harmful to you if you inhale. Just be careful, secondhand smoking is just as harmful as firsthand.
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I don't know how it is at your school, but at mine, there are some dorms where smoking is allowed indoors, and other buildings where it is prohibited. But this year, there will be no smoking in ANY building. There are also regulations that you must be at least 25 feet away from the building if you want to smoke. However, people don't like to follow the rules and there is no one there to tell them that they have to move. It gets REALLY annoying because I can't even open my window to get fresh air without smoke coming through.
Anyways, you will only be affected if you actually inhale the smoke, which is obviously very bad for your lungs. If you smell the smoky smell coming from their clothes, that really isn't enough to harm you because it's not the actual smoke.
By the way, it's kind of tough to avoid smokers. I noticed that there are a lot of smokers at my school. That doesn't make it right, but what I do is just leave the area, or if I'm passing by people smoking is hold my breath. If your close friends smoke, politely let them know that the smoke bothers you and they'll understand. It's not like you're telling them to stop smoking, just not to do it around you.
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you can only get second hand smoke by inhaling it. the only trace of it that you'll probably smell is their clothes.
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