Smoking Under ‘No Smoking’ Signs
Smoking Under ‘No Smoking’ Signs There is a special kind of confidence required to smoke directly under a giant “NO SMOKING” sign. Not the good kind of confidence. More like the “rules are suggestions and I am above them” type. In Malaysia, this behaviour is so common it might as well be listed as a local tradition—right next to double parking and pretending not to see the queue. Let’s get one thing straight: the sign is not decoration. It’s not wall art. It’s not there to “set the mood”. It’s there because smoking is bad for health , and even worse for people who didn’t choose to inhale your secondhand decisions. Yet somehow, smokers standing under no-smoking signs act surprised when people glare at them. As if the smoke magically knows who consented and who didn’t. Newsflash: secondary smokers exist , and they are not volunteers. They are the auntie waiting for the lift, the kid outside the clinic, the staff at the entrance, and the random stranger who just wanted to bre...