>Wow, you're ignorant. Walking past someone smoking *gasp*
>isn't going to kill you. Why not freak out about the worse
>cases of lung poisoning you encounter daily?

The point was standing in smokers smoke, not walking past someone smoking. I often switch position(the scenario is not walking past, it is either walking in the same direction at same speed or waiting for train in the platform) when someone starts smoking in a place where the smoke flies towards me. And it's dog crap we are comparing it with. The smell is approximately equally repulsive compared to the one of the smoker with less health hazard, providing that you don't go touch the dog crap.

To put it in perspective, sitting next to a person who has recently smoked is approximately equally repulsive to sitting next to a person who smells like dog crap. Sitting next to a person who is currently smoking is approximately equally repulsive to sitting next to a person who is currently regurgitating. It is assumed that there are no other smokers in the area.