BRB Class 465 wrote:

Regardless of any possible risks to health, myself and plenty of other
non-smokers find it thoroughly unpleasant to occupy an area where
people are smoking. This is fair game where it is a designated area
like in a restaurant, but there's nothing more annoying than waiting
on a station platform and someone lighting up.

I can think of many things that are more annoying. For example, the
habitual overuse of needless hyperbole that everyone does these days.
But I agree it is a nuisance.
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Michael Hoffman

Michael Hoffman wrote:
BRB Class 465 wrote:

Regardless of any possible risks to health, myself and plenty of
other non-smokers find it thoroughly unpleasant to occupy an area
where people are smoking. This is fair game where it is a
designated area like in a restaurant, but there's nothing more
annoying than waiting on a station platform and someone lighting up.

I can think of many things that are more annoying. For example, the
habitual overuse of needless hyperbole that everyone does these days.
But I agree it is a nuisance.

The thing that used to irritate me most was that on bright, breezy days you
would find the non-smokers confined to the platform, whilst the waiting
shelters were infested by the smokers, making them unusable by the majority.
It always seemed bizarre since, in the weather conditions, smoke outside
would quickly dissipate and cause very little inconvenience to anyone
(unless it was a particularly packed platform) - keeping everyone happy.