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The Knox house museum (http://elcajonhistory.org/) located at the corner of N. Magnolia & W. Park av

Learn more about this place of interest and the history of El Cajon at: http://elcajonhistory.org/
— March 1, 2012 5:14 a.m.

I Blow Smoke on Your Law

Me thinks that all you naysayers need to get a life - what this issue boils down to is: RESPECT THOSE AROUND YOU - courtesy goes a very long way people!!! One's 'rights' should not infringe upon innocent citizens. Furthermore; I don't need to back up what I know and have seen with 'facts'. Common sense dictates that inhaling smoke into one's lungs cannot be healthy. Enough said. BYE BYE
— October 1, 2009 4:36 p.m.

I Blow Smoke on Your Law

Tell everyone you are just exercising your 'right' to smoke when you or a loved one is dying a slow painful death due to emphysema or a heart attack! Then, imagine if a smoker who has chosen to inhale carcinogens (and innocent victims) for years has no insurance? Well then the taxpayer must pay the hospital bills to prolong said persons suffering. I have personally witnessed the abuse of our medical system and then watched people get out of the hospital only to continue smoking themselves to death! This is so much more than an ignorant person exercising their 'right' to smoke. My grandmother and aunt were lifelong smokers and died fairly young. One may choose to disregard the 'facts' garnered by the Lung Assoc. and others, yet the 'fact' remains: a smoker WILL DIE an early death and experience many sick days before the ugly end arrives. Go have a chat with a coroner if you dare. In closing; the thing all of us must remember is: BE POLITE to one another and show the same respect toward others you wish to have returned to you.
— August 27, 2009 1:37 p.m.

I Blow Smoke on Your Law

Go ahead and smoke yourself to death rude people! Yet you fail to 'think' about the facts: some of us are very allergic to tobacco smoke and breathing it could put someone in a hospital ER. Particularly a child with asthma. The anti-smoking wave would probably not have happened if smokers would be willing to show courtesy instead of ignorance! The more smokers stand up for their 'right' to blow their smoke in the face of non-smokers then get ugly about it when someone asks them to smoke elsewhere, the more negative reaction they will receive in return. Try being polite from the start and you will be shown respect in return. I have politely asked smokers to not puff their tobacco inside buildings and near me outside and by my home because of the stinky smell and usually they get defensive and want to argue about it which leads to hostility towards one another. Please be considerate of others. I'm sure everyone who reads this has a gripe about something which affects their life or personal space and is quite adamant about enforcing that which annoys them. And don't forget how tobacco smoke affects the lungs of children! Think about it...
— August 27, 2009 11:53 a.m.