To the old woman, young woman, middle aged man, mommy with kids in tow who gave me dirty looks or pointedly cough at me when I'm walking down the street with a cigarette. Fuck you.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to break an addiction? And don't tell me how it fucks with your asthma after you drove your goddamned SUV to park in a busy neighborhood so you can shop "local" and be seen at certain trendy bars. Guess who's hurting the environment and health of people more? Clue: NOT ME.

Next time you glare at me I'm going to inch up to you and make sure you're downwind. Take that fuckhead. And since this is Portland you'll never directly confront me about it, you'll just suck it up. Literally.

And to the old woman at the bus stop who complained and shouted at me I was giving you cancer. Fuck you even harder. I was a good 10 feet away from the actual sign on the road and another 10 feet away from the shelter (picture a triangle, it isn't hard.)

Smokers have rights. It's legal. If you don't like it stay in your fucking house you sanctimonious judgmental assholes. I hope you do get the cancer and it has nothing to do with smokers.