Here is a perfect example of how the anti-smoking / anti-tobacco crowd aggressively pushes for the trampling of our rights and freedoms, tries to turn smokers into pariahs, is rude, ill-informed, and self-righteous, while at the same time, us pipe smoker’s are even-tempered, logical, intelligent, and respectful.
Scroll to the comments on the article linked below, and read comment #7 from Carol, and then read Cortzattic’s response to her just below it.
Ocean City Maryland Public Park Smoking Ban.
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Written by Kevin Godbee
Publisher & Founder of PipesMagazine.com
Certified Master Tobacconist (CMT) #1858 from TobacconistUniversity.org
My grandfather didn't smoke a pipe, but my uncle and some of my elementary school teachers did. In 1998, my neighbor Sam invited me out, and we ended up back at his place where there was a cigar humidor, and pipe rack on the coffee table. I had my first cigar, and then decided to try pipes too. I love the elegance and relaxation of smoking a pipe. In 2002, I started learning how to make websites, do SEO, and create content. I had a cigar content site and forums from 2005-2008 when it was bought out. In 2009, I launched PipesMagazine.com, which is now the largest, busiest community forums, and article content site for pipe and tobacco enthusiasts. We have one of the longest running pipe and tobacco focused podcasts since 2012 with lifetime industry veteran, Brian Levine.
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Nice. The trick is to try to stick to the facts and not get swept up in the animosity. Funny how the cigarette butt litter came up. That’s weird on two levels: it’s a littering offense not exclusive to smoking, and I have yet to find the cigarette butt dispenser on any of my pipes.
Simon