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excellent point. see I smoke too. but I'm one of the minority group of smokers - that is considerate of those who don't smoke. for instance - I won't smoke right smack in the middle of stands at a racetrack. I think that is very very rude. it's people who do that - that leads to bullshit laws like this.

I mean c'mon! how hard is it at Knoxville to just get up and go stand at the top at have a quick smoke - or anywhere else to wait till intermission. It's one of those things where I feel the rest kinda give me a bad name.

But it's families with kids that are the worst inconvenience at racetracks. or should I say POTENTIAL inconvenience. most families do it the right way. when I take my 8 year old nephew to a race I make sure to. I try to put down a lil extra effort to not inconvenience fellow fans in my area.

few other practice this. it's just smokers being singled out. and I think mahy would agree that stupid or bad parents can be wayyyyy worse than smokers. To me public smokin is a double edged sword. On one hand I think smoker should be considerate - on the other - there shouldn;t eb this giant witch hint against em. it's crap. laws being passed like smokers are the leading inconvenience at public places - WTF?!?!? AT racetracks it is just stupid people that feel like once they buy a ticket they should be able to what they want the way they want - no matter the inconvenience to other ticket-payers around em. I'm 100% for smoking AREAS. The TRUE problem is the selfishness of EVERYONE.

complete ban on smoking? kiss my ass! ban alcohol if anything. people go to events and races and then DRIVE drunk! whats worse? a threat to innocent lives or an inconvenient smell? I have a big ol F*** You to any of the punk selfish fans of any sport. Whether they choke everyone with smoke - get drunk and act stupid. don't control their redneck offspring or whatever. I care much less about my nephew smellin an occasional whiff of 2nd hand smoke than I do him witnessing an entire click of 31 year olds with a combined 12 kids all under 6 gettin absolutely plastered - cussing up a storm and actin' belligerent. When you see such backasswards logic - it's a reminder of the society and country you live in. Funny enough - I don't see that at SFS (OKC) very often at all. But man you go to any other po dunk track in Oklahoma and it's like saturday night racing is for 30 year old parents what the bowling alley is for 12 year old kids.

and also - as if this ain;t long enough. smokin at a dirt track? SMOKING at a dirt track? In the last 50 years the majority of fans in the stands and pits SMOKED........even a bunch of DRIVERS as well. SMOKING and RACING go hand in hand in more ways than one. What stupidity - to enforce a ban of smoking at a racetrack but not enforce a ban of cancer causing fuel additive agents such as propylene. screw this now I'm worked up and need a smoke. damn it!