I really dislike the fiercely judgemental attitude towards smoking. Out of respect for their wishes, I don't smoke around non-smokers, but I enjoy smoking and will continue to do so.
I agree. I haven't smoked in a while though despite I used to smoke three cigarettes every other day but the faux outrage towards smoking and smokers and not other harmful practices is so pretentious.
@@theoracle7148 Farts stink, exhaust pipes stink, cities in general stink. There's no way out. You can only smoke a cig to kill that surrounding stench
All my life smokers smoke around me non-smoker and I didnt mind. It wasn’t big deal and nobody make ,,an elephant out of ant”. so now that I smoke, the problem is not me but obviously people; if it’s 1950 even non smokers wouldn’t care. People started to find reason for everything as if they dont have better stuff to solve in this world. It’s actually sad how society became so judgmental for things that person shouldn’t be judged and non judgmental about things that should be controled more because society and this era is becoming more and more brainwashed by stupidity, shallowness and unempathy - that is danger, not smoking near somebody.
Love her. Truly. How can she be so wrong about secondhand smoke? And it's not just secondhand smoke, its EVERYTHING we breathe in. Pollution, dust, chemicals, etc.
She still looks great considering how much she does smoke and I mean even in 2020-21. And she always talks about how she's gonna die from smoking but it hasn't happened yet.
Some people have genetics which effectively makes them immune, or at least much more resistant, to smoking related lung cancer. My Granddad smoked all his adult life up until his dying day aged 93. Look up actress June Brown, life long smoker who lived until her 90s.
This video is a perfect example of how people think someone is right if they say something in a humorous and sarcastic way even if what they're saying makes absolutely no sense
@@chuckthunder781 Except there's no one in the video saying they agree with her and looking at the comments, most people seem to disagree with her sentiment. I mean if someone does think she's right about second hand smoke, it's most likely not going to be because she said it in a funny manner, but because they already held that view.
@@jon00769 People not agreeing with her in the comments has nothing to do with this being a good example of using humor to get people on your side on any given issue
@burnt andburnie Who said that I don't? Humorists, even ones with opinions, say things for jokes and controvery all the time. But, maybe Fran really thinks it. It seems flawed, to me, to compare the consequences of second hand exhaust between an outdoor activity and a concentrated indoor activity. Smoke outside and some if not much of the opposition to it wanes. Ps Try getting ciggies from Tobacco Road to profit cultivated human addiction without vehicles. Of course no one's died from crashing into a ciggy, so they are safer.
I smoked for 52 years and I loved it. At 74 years old, I had no intention of giving it up. One day before my 74th birthday I was told there is a spot on your lung x-ray. I gave up smoking that same day. I'm still here at 77 and I'm pissed off that I won't allow myself to have another cig. Keep on, keepin' on Fran !
@@maine-kw6wfy -TWO YEARS LATER, I looked up the stats on lung cancer overall. Survival after one year = 15%. Survival after 5 yrs = 5%. Turns out these are not good odds. I got luckier than I have ever been in my whole life when I looked up the survival rates for my specific type of lung cancer. Survival after 5 yrs = 100% : )
Love. Love this Wit...I miss this wit~North East Coast, smartie with the best dry humor in town. Oh man. Love. Love. Love. Also, for real spoke on the truth. So good!
Ok but 3 of my 4 grandparents died of lung cancer because of their smoking & my mother developed a severe allergy to smoke on account of her chainsmoking father’s second hand smoke.
Imma be honest. Cancer is tricky. I used to buy the nonsense, I honestly think smoking only marginally increases your rate of cancer. Obviously depends on how much and how long but I guarantee living in San Fran or China is worse for a child than second hand smoke virtually almost anywhere in the U.S. The cancer causing agents in lots of cigerrettes as well were added in later on, i.e recently. So the idea that there is this large epidemiological study of smoking, no. What it probably found was that the MORE you smoked the higher your chances of lung cancer, but yeah, if I ate MORE chocolate bars. Plus during the times cigerrettes were being studied for carcinogens and testing their ability to metastasize tumors there was already LOTS of second hand smoke already, so the reality is the amount of smoke probably isn't near the same dosage as it is now. There's also lots of confounding variables that could explain say "children that grow up in smoking homes have an increased risk of cancer" but also you need to think low-income people are more likely to buy cigerrettes and they usually are more likely to develop and die from cancer anyway. My opinion is, don't believe all the hype, don't smoke a pack a day, but the occassional one probably isn't bad for you. Although I'd recommend natural cigerrettes because they have virtually no carcinogens. As cancerous as weed. Also all of my relatives that smoked (virtually all of them) didn't die from cancer, and my mom who never smoked got colon cancer. Also her dad died of a brain tumor. Its a gene thing, if you have the polymorphism you are more likely to get that form of cancer regardless if you smoke but it can be aggravated by smoking.
the thing is that lung cancer is even rare among smokers--significantly less rare, but still rare. so 3 out of four grandparents dying of, even if they are smokers, implies 1 of 2 things: they all died quite old, when risk for all cancers shoot up, but also when dying generally shoots way up; or they have something else in common other than smoking, like maybe where they lived. but they smoked, so that's what killed them. similarly, indoor allergies are getting more prevelent even as smoking, and especially smoking indoors, has fallen off a cliff. but smoking is bad so smoking is to blame. i think this is the irrational attitude toward smoking that she's talking about in the video. smoking is a bad habit and is bad for you, like a sweet tooth or a drinking problem or an unchecked internet habit, but it's not that big of a deal really, not as big of a deal as it's treated in some circles.
@@minamur I think bans indoors have more to do with breathability, fire hazards and discomfort to non-smokers. I found it hard to breathe in some Vegas casinos when I was little. I'm a pot smoker and I know for a fact many people hate the smell and just want you to do it out of sight, and that's fine. I hate being in a room with regular smokers
As a non-smoker, I never have issues with smokers. Only once I could remember when I was a teenager, my friend’s dad was smoking at a GAS STATION. It scared me okay? And apparently he was a firefighter…. I complained to my friend, she said:” You don’t attack someone’s family!” But he smokes at a gas station! 😅
Assuming that listening to Fran makes one smarter, at least for a few minutes makes me think that alot of comments that come up on Fran videos are put later rather than sooner so that the effect starts to wear off.
yeah but fran, air pollution from cars really does endanger children's lungs - and has been a major cause of asthma for decades. And you dont sit inside with your car running all day, whereas a kid who's parent smokes all the time may as well be sat in the garage breathing in the fumes from a small lawnmower engine the whole day.
Andrew...I think Fran's tongue was slightly in cheek, and her legendary wit and cynicism are on display. After all this talk is expected to be witty and controversial, because that's Fran. If she was politically correct she would'nt be Fran. She is quite intelligent and certainly knows that smoking is harmful, and I think if was told, 'Hey, your smoking is (gasp)..trigger..(gasp)..mm.m.mm.y .asthma.." she would immediately go outside and finish her smoke.. Which begs the question, why are you watching Fran in the first place? No one who admired her would be as viscous as you are with your comment. Also, anyone who has been reading her for more than a year two knows that Fran and smoking are nearly synonymous. She will likely be cremated at her death and ask that her ashes be placed in an ornate ash tray..
She said it was an addict, addicts are often delusional, she was when she said second hand smoking is bs. Oh and I'm a smoker, not that I'm proud of that
Not only is it a bad idea to turn on the engine of your car, if the car is inside a building, or a room, but it is a bad idea to turn on the engine of your gasoline powered chain saw, inside a building. And one person smoking inside an enclosed room - the smoke is irritating. The real problem comes when10 people are smoking inside a 20 foot by 20 foot room, or 30 people. Together they are producing more smoke than a chain saw.
There's plenty of evidence that car emissions affect brain development. I'm super happy that when I used to go to bars, clubs, restaurants I didn't come home stinking of smoke. I also used to have idiots nearly setting me alight by waving their arms around with a cigarette. Don't miss it at all.
@@techlover231 simply put cancer is genetics+carcinogens, some people don’t have the genetic predisposition and get lucky, despite engaging in cancer related behavior. Others can avoid everything and still get cancer.
@@lawdogattorneyatlaw4886 Thanks for the explanation. You don't know if you have that genetic predisposition, it's a bit of a lottery. Maybe you're lucky in one area ( ie smoking) but unlucky in other areas. I think unfortunately we all have a predisposition to something, so we need to be living a healthy life style for that reason.
I can see she’s a smart lady but no one should be exposed to smoking or vaping if they don’t want to... it’s a disgusting habit 🤮. I am glad that smoking is not allowed inside of a lot of bars and clubs!
@@Sheebalicious I’m fine with that if you made a choice to get an STD or get behind the wheel drunk you suffer the consequences .... But getting Cancer cus someone is smoking next to you or smelling like a gross ashtray is not.
Lol, her last comment about smoking is so funny to me. "If this little puff of smoke is so dangerous, imagine how dangerous the car exhaust is." Yeah, car exhaust is that bad.
I'm sorry I must have missed your reply for so long. There is medical evidence for second hand smoke being unhealthy to people. I accept that as being objective. I don't accept homosexuality as being unhealthy. Looking back I just find it bizarre this argument took place between you and me. Smoking and homosexuality are two completely different things.
I don't care whether or not secondhand smoke is dangerous. My problem with it is that is smells terrible, and worse, gives me an instant a prolonged headache. Not to mention burning my throat and nose.
***** I suppose you don't drive a car or truck? Do you own a motor vehicle? I don't. I'm choked daily, nightly, constantly with your vehicle exhaust fumes, my apartment is sullied by your exhaust fumes, the noise from your vehicle makes me sick. The smell of your vehicle makes me sick. Your vehicle leaves gas, oil and all sorts of other crap all over the streets. Your vehicle has killed cats, dogs, hedgegogs, birds, deer and all other sort of animals in their millions. Where the hell do you get off ranting about a woman who would like to be in a bar or a restaurant and have the right to smoke a cigarette? Listen to yourself.
How bout smoking and drinking when you turn fifty. It will take at least thirty years to catch up to you. Enjoy life in your golden years. Oh yeah....start eating junk food too...
@@kanttarellivaara - Quite! I definitely don't think it's "the worst thing ever" (ever?!). There are many things worse but I suppose it's all down to the individuals perception and experience, so for Russell tobacco must be the worst thing "ever" (If so, I'm glad Russell hasn't come across the other things in life that I and others might find much worse and I'd advise him to stay in that world!) ;-)
The comment section... Good Lord. Bloody millennials. You just don't get it... Listen to Bill Hicks, Fran and others. You don't have to agree with them, Jesus. You listen to them because they make you think. If you don't get it, please just don't embarrace yourself with some lame comments... You are not that relevant. Bloody listen to different opinions from time to time, think about it, and shut up for a second. It's not all about you and your beliefs.
interesting and funny observation fran, but don't quite agree. I do think bars should be allowed to have smoking tho...arguments could be made against playing rock music, or playing pool, or even telling dirty jokes in bars....If I want a classy bar, with no smoke, and high morals, I'll go there. If I want a beer and a cigarette, and want to play acid rock on the box, i'll go there...when I go to n. york I want to unwind in a dive where I can get a cheap beer, sneek a cigarette, and get a bit raunchy. Sadly these spots are dissapearing all over....I remember "cheap shots" bar on 2nd ave, and miss it. The clean, square crowd is a drag, and that smoke- ban id forced morality in my book...If you don't like smoke then go somewhere else you uptight fuckers- you'll prolly get cancer anyhow! From being uptight.
OMG... What she said, I’ve been saying for years! I understand some people are out of their minds with hate about cig smoking. I do what I can to appease the offended... But after multiple attempts to please and to no avail... it becomes not a “Me” problem it’s a “Their” problem. And they’re more than welcome to leave or not breath in. Their choice My choice Everybody wins!
Smoking. A chain-smoking persons often have no idea how foul their car, their apartment or house smells. Sometimes being close to multi-pack-a-day smokers is an exercise in civility. You don't want to be impolite and tell them that they stink. I suppose it is ultimately a matter of degree. One of my friends is addicted to cigarettes and I wish he would cut way back or quit. I feel badly for him when I hear people dismiss him as having no self respect.
hmmm. i mean... like.... no, lol. like, she's funny, for sure, and what she says about gay bars and homophobia is true, but like....... no. about the smoking. like, no, dude. you dont even really have to refute something like that, you can kinda just dismiss it out of hand. when she says second hand smoke isnt dangerous, you dont even need a counterargument, you can just say "what? .....no, dude...." a gay bar being popular and safe but not allowing smoking inside sounds like a win-win. you wont be raided by the police (as often, anyway. cops are still very homophobic) and you're less likely to fucking die of cancer. how is that a negative? imagine someone defending drinking motor oil like this
@pamount She's talking about second hand smoking. also, i'm sure they had loads ofOBJECTIVE EVIDENCE against homosexuality back in days it was illegal.
Joke about rebellion all you want,people are going to have to pay for any deviant behavior.When you trespass in any way you hurt yourself and society. Rebellion in any form is selfish and unloving for your future and everyone elses.Too many lies are being told and its going cost people I peace in their future life.But I feel sorry for the people propagating the lies to these precious people.Truth is truth,no matter how tolerant we've become.Love is "truth".If we cast truth aside,we've lost our capacity to truly love and respect each other in the deepest possible way.Almighty God sees everything and He cannot go back on His laws.That is why He is God.He is sovereign.His rules.His world.Like it and live.Protest it and pay eternally.I personally don't want to spend an eternity in a worse place than in this beautiful ugliness.🤔
While her schtick is amusing and usually harmless, this is not. And her claim that "everything" that was said about homosexuality in the 70's is now said about second hand smoke is patently false. No on ever said, in the 70's of otherwise, that homosexuality causes cancer. Reputable doctors now say smoking causes cancer and the risks of second hand smoke are not trivial. I trust them rather than Fran - whose scientific training as far as I know is nil. She has no evidence that current analysis of second hand smoke is wrong, let alone completely and fundamentally wrong. Her "feeling" that this is "just like homosexuality" and that all current analysis will be fully rejected is based on nothing other than getting a joke in here and there. But this in not funny and not amusing. I remember NYC with smoke filled bars, and I remember smoking on planes. I don't want to go back, however "boring" now might be compared with then.
@pamount oh for gods sake, im not confused about objective evidence! I meant that I'm sure doctors and scientists used to presents "evidence" that was suppoused to be "objective" about homosexuality being a deasise. You must remember that in terms of empirical science methodology there isn't actually such thing as OBJECTIVE. About second hand smoking: it might be dangerous, but Fran Lebowitz doesn't believe so and that's her opinion. About evidence being objective: look above.
Engaging in homosexual sex right next to me won't affect my health in way way, but your cigarette smoke in a closed environment will affect my health. Every genius has their flaws and with Fran it's her stupid views on "smoker's rights".
I remember the late nights looking for a pack of smokes, it was horrible, even more so was that I quit because my Mother died from smoking, and I don't think any of us gave a shit whether or not she died from second hand smoke or the fact that she was a two pack a day user. It's regrettable that Fran jokes about this because what she's actually kidding herself about is Death. Not very many things I regret, but Smoking is one of them, and it will leave scars for the rest of my life.
I like everything about her... except thinking it's OK to blow toxic cigarette smoke in someone else's face. There is no Constitutional right to smoke wherever you want. Let's presume second hand smoke is actually GOOD FOR YOU... she still has no right to decide to blow it on others... nasty.
Fran only says that because she has no power or influence to change laws and people's attitudes about smoking and she's making her point humorous. I doubt she actually thinks that
This is very dangerous logic. If the constitution protects you from smells that you subjectively think are "nasty", to the point that we can make laws about it, then we can also ban public use of cars (someone might smell them!) and perfume (not everybody likes it, some people are allergic), not to mention incense, scented candles, barbecues, cheese, leaving the house without showering, etc. If you want to support general public bans, it had better be for things that are a threat to public health, not just annoying to you personally.
@@adudzik You're so confused. She can smoke inside her home, with the windows shut. Toxic cigarette smoke isn't just "annoying", like perfume... it's also toxic. Maybe learn about rights. Smoking isn't a right. Go back to Fox News now.
@@fakerating What is your problem? You said: "Let's presume second hand smoke is actually GOOD FOR YOU." Your words. You wrote that. I was responding to it. Now you are going back to saying that it's toxic, so you are proving my point: it matters, a lot, that cigarette smoke is a risk to public health. If it wasn't, the fact that you think it's "nasty" would be irrelevant. I don't know why you keep saying smoking isn't a right, neither myself nor Leibowitz has argued that it is so it seems like a straw man. Could you actually read my words and think about them before you respond again, instead of hurling insults? You don't have to act like Donald Trump, he's not your leader anymore.
And one more thing: if you think perfumes aren't toxic, you're the one watching Fox. The cosmetics industry has been in regulatory battles for decades.
I think using cell phones on the streets and in your car should be illegal. Much more dangerous to have someone driving whilst trying to look at their messages.
Did you seriously go through every Fran Lebowitz video to drop a hot metaphorical turd of idiocy on each? Because that sort of labor speaks less of actual bigotry and more of a gibbering, snotty-nosed cry for attention. The least you could do is expand the repertoire. Just saying.
“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of time”
Didn't Mark Twain say that ?
The appeal is: This is my vice and I’m sticking to it.
Love u, Fran. U inspire me.
I loved smoking. I quit in 2007 and I still miss them.
keep it up man, congrats.
Well, adictions are forever
I quit 3 years ago - I still miss it, but I have no desire to ever smoke again
I just switched to vaping 😂
Me too. 13 years. Miss it but at same time so relieved not to be craving....
I really dislike the fiercely judgemental attitude towards smoking. Out of respect for their wishes, I don't smoke around non-smokers, but I enjoy smoking and will continue to do so.
I agree. I haven't smoked in a while though despite I used to smoke three cigarettes every other day but the faux outrage towards smoking and smokers and not other harmful practices is so pretentious.
It stinks
@@theoracle7148 Farts stink, exhaust pipes stink, cities in general stink. There's no way out. You can only smoke a cig to kill that surrounding stench
All my life smokers smoke around me non-smoker and I didnt mind. It wasn’t big deal and nobody make ,,an elephant out of ant”. so now that I smoke, the problem is not me but obviously people; if it’s 1950 even non smokers wouldn’t care. People started to find reason for everything as if they dont have better stuff to solve in this world. It’s actually sad how society became so judgmental for things that person shouldn’t be judged and non judgmental about things that should be controled more because society and this era is becoming more and more brainwashed by stupidity, shallowness and unempathy - that is danger, not smoking near somebody.
i love her hands, how she works them.
She uses them well on women.
Move to The East Coast. Everyone does it.
@@lulolancy Elaborate.
@@laurencewhite4809 she's a lezza.
@@pagethreemodel Has she ever said it, though?
I quit two years ago. I quit because I was starting to sound like one of those Vegas slot machine ladies.
Almost two years to the day, for me too!!!
And all these years I thought I was being healthy by giving up smoking and inhaling my neighbours car exhaust fumes instead.
idk mimi is a good name for a slot machine lady
Ah Vegas casinos have the best cigarettes smell lol!! I remember I loved it. Going into the casino or anywhere in Vegas and smelling it.
I love smoking nothing better than the cig of the day with your coffee
there are a lot of things better than that
Love her. Truly. How can she be so wrong about secondhand smoke? And it's not just secondhand smoke, its EVERYTHING we breathe in. Pollution, dust, chemicals, etc.
she is NOT wrong about second hand smoke though.... the car really does produce extreme volumes MORE toxic fumes and chemicals than a cigarette does.
Fran is a force of nature, in a very good way.
smoke em if ya got em franny! you are a true
gem!
Right on, well said!!
She still looks great considering how much she does smoke and I mean even in 2020-21. And she always talks about how she's gonna die from smoking but it hasn't happened yet.
I'm pretty sure once that happens she'll stop talking about it.
@@curls6778 I mean she’s already 70 and I think she’s said that she doesn’t want to live to be 100 so I think it’s fine
I want her to have tons more years - there's no one like her.
Id rather live 30 fun years than 100 boring ones
Some people have genetics which effectively makes them immune, or at least much more resistant, to smoking related lung cancer. My Granddad smoked all his adult life up until his dying day aged 93. Look up actress June Brown, life long smoker who lived until her 90s.
In the words of Groucho, "mind if I don't smoke?"
This video is a perfect example of how people think someone is right if they say something in a humorous and sarcastic way even if what they're saying makes absolutely no sense
I think the comment says more about how YOU perceive the world. You can disagree with someone and still find what they’re saying to be funny.
@@jon00769 I do find it funny. I even state in the comment that she's funny. You're sidestepping the point.
@@chuckthunder781 Except there's no one in the video saying they agree with her and looking at the comments, most people seem to disagree with her sentiment. I mean if someone does think she's right about second hand smoke, it's most likely not going to be because she said it in a funny manner, but because they already held that view.
@@jon00769 People not agreeing with her in the comments has nothing to do with this being a good example of using humor to get people on your side on any given issue
@@chuckthunder781 This is why I said what I did originally. There's a contradiction of logic going on here.
She could be a great stand up
Fran talking off the top of her head is genius.
I'd agree with the car point when people turn on their cars indoors.
@burnt andburnie
Who said that I don't? Humorists, even ones with opinions, say things for jokes and controvery all the time. But, maybe Fran really thinks it. It seems flawed, to me, to compare the consequences of second hand exhaust between an outdoor activity and a concentrated indoor activity. Smoke outside and some if not much of the opposition to it wanes. Ps Try getting ciggies from Tobacco Road to profit cultivated human addiction without vehicles. Of course no one's died from crashing into a ciggy, so they are safer.
I smoked for 52 years and I loved it. At 74 years old, I had no intention of giving it up. One day before my 74th birthday I was told there is a spot on your lung x-ray. I gave up smoking that same day. I'm still here at 77 and I'm pissed off that I won't allow myself to have another cig. Keep on, keepin' on Fran !
I order to give up your vices you need to find something you love more.
Haven’t found that yet.
@@maine-kw6wfy - I decided I loved life more. Maybe Fran will catch on.
@@maine-kw6wfy -TWO YEARS LATER, I looked up the stats on lung cancer overall. Survival after one year = 15%. Survival after 5 yrs = 5%.
Turns out these are not good odds. I got luckier than I have ever been in my whole life when I looked up the survival rates for my specific type of lung cancer. Survival after 5 yrs = 100% : )
Love. Love this Wit...I miss this wit~North East Coast, smartie with the best dry humor in town. Oh man. Love. Love. Love.
Also, for real spoke on the truth. So good!
Ok but 3 of my 4 grandparents died of lung cancer because of their smoking & my mother developed a severe allergy to smoke on account of her chainsmoking father’s second hand smoke.
Yea the fact that this supposedly smart woman is denying second hand smoke is insane
ghost slime very cringe indeed
Imma be honest. Cancer is tricky. I used to buy the nonsense, I honestly think smoking only marginally increases your rate of cancer.
Obviously depends on how much and how long but I guarantee living in San Fran or China is worse for a child than second hand smoke virtually almost anywhere in the U.S.
The cancer causing agents in lots of cigerrettes as well were added in later on, i.e recently.
So the idea that there is this large epidemiological study of smoking, no.
What it probably found was that the MORE you smoked the higher your chances of lung cancer, but yeah, if I ate MORE chocolate bars.
Plus during the times cigerrettes were being studied for carcinogens and testing their ability to metastasize tumors there was already LOTS of second hand smoke already, so the reality is the amount of smoke probably isn't near the same dosage as it is now.
There's also lots of confounding variables that could explain say "children that grow up in smoking homes have an increased risk of cancer" but also you need to think low-income people are more likely to buy cigerrettes and they usually are more likely to develop and die from cancer anyway.
My opinion is, don't believe all the hype, don't smoke a pack a day, but the occassional one probably isn't bad for you.
Although I'd recommend natural cigerrettes because they have virtually no carcinogens. As cancerous as weed.
Also all of my relatives that smoked (virtually all of them) didn't die from cancer, and my mom who never smoked got colon cancer. Also her dad died of a brain tumor.
Its a gene thing, if you have the polymorphism you are more likely to get that form of cancer regardless if you smoke but it can be aggravated by smoking.
the thing is that lung cancer is even rare among smokers--significantly less rare, but still rare. so 3 out of four grandparents dying of, even if they are smokers, implies 1 of 2 things: they all died quite old, when risk for all cancers shoot up, but also when dying generally shoots way up; or they have something else in common other than smoking, like maybe where they lived.
but they smoked, so that's what killed them.
similarly, indoor allergies are getting more prevelent even as smoking, and especially smoking indoors, has fallen off a cliff. but smoking is bad so smoking is to blame.
i think this is the irrational attitude toward smoking that she's talking about in the video.
smoking is a bad habit and is bad for you, like a sweet tooth or a drinking problem or an unchecked internet habit, but it's not that big of a deal really, not as big of a deal as it's treated in some circles.
@@minamur I think bans indoors have more to do with breathability, fire hazards and discomfort to non-smokers. I found it hard to breathe in some Vegas casinos when I was little. I'm a pot smoker and I know for a fact many people hate the smell and just want you to do it out of sight, and that's fine. I hate being in a room with regular smokers
shes spitting facts tho, when i was little i used to live in a motel and it always smelled like cigarettes, and i’ve always loved the smell since then
ew what the fuck lol
@@ivonnecaradenacho3726 Eh 🤷♂️ it's someone else's lived experience - it's ok to not see it through their eyes but no need to cast judgment
@@leodigiosia9418 nothing better than the second hand smoking smell
@@ivonnecaradenacho3726 nice
I didn’t take up smoking until later in life.
Always hated the smell before I started and the few times I’ve quit.
Goddamnit I love her
PREACH ON MY SISTER
this came up while im trying to quit and its NOT helping but the lady rocks trust the algorythym
The car exhausts are a far bigger problem than tobacco smoking.
As a non-smoker, I never have issues with smokers. Only once I could remember when I was a teenager, my friend’s dad was smoking at a GAS STATION. It scared me okay? And apparently he was a firefighter…. I complained to my friend, she said:” You don’t attack someone’s family!” But he smokes at a gas station! 😅
When I was young you could smoke in a hospital room (doctors did), on a bus or an airliner.
Assuming that listening to Fran makes one smarter, at least for a few minutes makes me think that alot of comments that come up on Fran videos are put later rather than sooner so that the effect starts to wear off.
she kinda looks like gaddafi
Smoking in public is worse than shitting in public, as you can't just turn away and not get impacted
yeah but fran, air pollution from cars really does endanger children's lungs - and has been a major cause of asthma for decades. And you dont sit inside with your car running all day, whereas a kid who's parent smokes all the time may as well be sat in the garage breathing in the fumes from a small lawnmower engine the whole day.
Andrew...I think Fran's tongue was slightly in cheek, and her legendary wit and cynicism are on display. After all this talk is expected to be witty and controversial, because that's Fran. If she was politically correct she would'nt be Fran. She is quite intelligent and certainly knows that smoking is harmful, and I think if was told, 'Hey, your smoking is (gasp)..trigger..(gasp)..mm.m.mm.y .asthma.." she would immediately go outside and finish her smoke.. Which begs the question, why are you watching Fran in the first place? No one who admired her would be as viscous as you are with your comment. Also, anyone who has been reading her for more than a year two knows that Fran and smoking are nearly synonymous. She will likely be cremated at her death and ask that her ashes be placed in an ornate ash tray..
She said it was an addict, addicts are often delusional, she was when she said second hand smoking is bs. Oh and I'm a smoker, not that I'm proud of that
I do disagree about the 2nd hand smoke.
Not only is it a bad idea to turn on the engine of your car, if the car is inside a building, or a room, but it is a bad idea to turn on the engine of your gasoline powered chain saw, inside a building. And one person smoking inside an enclosed room - the smoke is irritating. The real problem comes when10 people are smoking inside a 20 foot by 20 foot room, or 30 people. Together they are producing more smoke than a chain saw.
There's plenty of evidence that car emissions affect brain development. I'm super happy that when I used to go to bars, clubs, restaurants I didn't come home stinking of smoke. I also used to have idiots nearly setting me alight by waving their arms around with a cigarette. Don't miss it at all.
i actually used to really like the smell of cigarette smoke inside a club, and the way it made your clothes smell
they used to say....but they were right
Reading a comment about her hand gestures, scrolls up an she's in this position 1:28, Marvelous :D
Seventy years old, smoking most of her life, I don't understand why she has does not have lung cancer by now ?
@Olaf Kyl well said olaf
@Olaf Kyl I was asking a question. How can someone smoke for so long (55 years) and not get lung cancer?
@@jimjiminyjaroo300 I was asking a question. How can someone smoke for so long (55 years) and not get lung cancer?
@@techlover231 simply put cancer is genetics+carcinogens, some people don’t have the genetic predisposition and get lucky, despite engaging in cancer related behavior. Others can avoid everything and still get cancer.
@@lawdogattorneyatlaw4886 Thanks for the explanation. You don't know if you have that genetic predisposition, it's a bit of a lottery. Maybe you're lucky in one area ( ie smoking) but unlucky in other areas. I think unfortunately we all have a predisposition to something, so we need to be living a healthy life style for that reason.
I smoke two cigarettes a day and I love it
Wish I could do that anytime. When I smoked cigarettes. I almost always chained them together. Oof
I can see she’s a smart lady but no one should be exposed to smoking or vaping if they don’t want to... it’s a disgusting habit 🤮. I am glad that smoking is not allowed inside of a lot of bars and clubs!
Nope. No smoking in bars or clubs. Just assholes, STDs, and drunk drivers. But definitely no smoking 🚭
@@Sheebalicious I’m fine with that if you made a choice to get an STD or get behind the wheel drunk you suffer the consequences .... But getting Cancer cus someone is smoking next to you or smelling like a gross ashtray is not.
I smoke cigarettes 🚬
I thank G-d for You
Science
You want to smoke? No problem. But please, go outside, and walk along the road. Smoke where the cars are smoking.
Lol, her last comment about smoking is so funny to me. "If this little puff of smoke is so dangerous, imagine how dangerous the car exhaust is." Yeah, car exhaust is that bad.
So she's really going with second hand smoke denier?
I'm sorry I must have missed your reply for so long. There is medical evidence for second hand smoke being unhealthy to people. I accept that as being objective. I don't accept homosexuality as being unhealthy. Looking back I just find it bizarre this argument took place between you and me. Smoking and homosexuality are two completely different things.
I don't care whether or not secondhand smoke is dangerous. My problem with it is that is smells terrible, and worse, gives me an instant a prolonged headache. Not to mention burning my throat and nose.
***** I suppose you don't drive a car or truck? Do you own a motor vehicle? I don't. I'm choked daily, nightly, constantly with your vehicle exhaust fumes, my apartment is sullied by your exhaust fumes, the noise from your vehicle makes me sick. The smell of your vehicle makes me sick. Your vehicle leaves gas, oil and all sorts of other crap all over the streets. Your vehicle has killed cats, dogs, hedgegogs, birds, deer and all other sort of animals in their millions. Where the hell do you get off ranting about a woman who would like to be in a bar or a restaurant and have the right to smoke a cigarette? Listen to yourself.
@@twolegsnotail - Good points.
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She reminds me of academic freedom
As a conservative WASP I find Fran more than entertaining and so very correct on many things. Especially smoking.
One thing about smoking is that it always guarantees good company of some sort. Thinking of going back to it
Many great friends I've met just having a smoke in a school bathroom or during the break at work.
How bout smoking and drinking when you turn fifty. It will take at least thirty years to catch up to you. Enjoy life in your golden years. Oh yeah....start eating junk food too...
@@rse7405 you have good advices. Nothing better than junk food after few days of drinking and smoking.
Do it.
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You can talk to cool people even if you don’t d smoke.
Nicotine gum is pretty good.
It’s f true now! It sucks!
She’s right about the second hand smoke, car exhaust fumes are terrible, there’s a reason why they are a serious factor of global warming
Bad city for smokers.
I used to smoke Marlboro lights too. I honestly can’t believe I still don’t. I loved it so much.
She look like gaddafi and bob dylan
tobacco is the worst thing ever
Worse than full-blown nuclear war?
@@kanttarellivaara - Quite!
I definitely don't think it's "the worst thing ever" (ever?!). There are many things worse but I suppose it's all down to the individuals perception and experience, so for Russell tobacco must be the worst thing "ever" (If so, I'm glad Russell hasn't come across the other things in life that I and others might find much worse and I'd advise him to stay in that world!)
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Yeah but sucks when I stink like cigarettes after visiting a smoke filled bar. I like in Tokyo so this happens every time I go out.
Amazing how the addiction to cigarettes can warp even the most intelligent persons brain.
The comment section... Good Lord. Bloody millennials. You just don't get it...
Listen to Bill Hicks, Fran and others. You don't have to agree with them, Jesus. You listen to them because they make you think. If you don't get it, please just don't embarrace yourself with some lame comments... You are not that relevant.
Bloody listen to different opinions from time to time, think about it, and shut up for a second. It's not all about you and your beliefs.
interesting and funny observation fran, but don't quite agree. I do think bars should be allowed to have smoking tho...arguments could be made against playing rock music, or playing pool, or even telling dirty jokes in bars....If I want a classy bar, with no smoke, and high morals, I'll go there. If I want a beer and a cigarette, and want to play acid rock on the box, i'll go there...when I go to n. york I want to unwind in a dive where I can get a cheap beer, sneek a cigarette, and get a bit raunchy. Sadly these spots are dissapearing all over....I remember "cheap shots" bar on 2nd ave, and miss it. The clean, square crowd is a drag, and that smoke- ban id forced morality in my book...If you don't like smoke then go somewhere else you uptight fuckers- you'll prolly get cancer anyhow! From being uptight.
Try being a kid whose mom smokes like a chimney in the house and car and then talk about that little stream of smoke lol
she is right
OMG...
What she said, I’ve been saying for years!
I understand some people are out of their minds with hate about cig smoking.
I do what I can to appease the offended...
But after multiple attempts to please and to no avail...
it becomes not a “Me” problem it’s a “Their” problem.
And they’re more than welcome to leave or not breath in.
Their choice
My choice
Everybody wins!
Smoking. A chain-smoking persons often have no idea how foul their car, their apartment or house smells. Sometimes being close to multi-pack-a-day smokers is an exercise in civility. You don't want to be impolite and tell them that they stink. I suppose it is ultimately a matter of degree. One of my friends is addicted to cigarettes and I wish he would cut way back or quit. I feel badly for him when I hear people dismiss him as having no self respect.
Love Fran but this is a big nope from me.
And a big yes from me...I was to stop smoking but I changed my mind!
@@NiePieerdol hell yeah
hmmm. i mean... like.... no, lol. like, she's funny, for sure, and what she says about gay bars and homophobia is true, but like....... no. about the smoking. like, no, dude. you dont even really have to refute something like that, you can kinda just dismiss it out of hand. when she says second hand smoke isnt dangerous, you dont even need a counterargument, you can just say "what? .....no, dude...."
a gay bar being popular and safe but not allowing smoking inside sounds like a win-win. you wont be raided by the police (as often, anyway. cops are still very homophobic) and you're less likely to fucking die of cancer. how is that a negative? imagine someone defending drinking motor oil like this
The most offensive part of this video is the make-up that they forced upon her!
what is that THING that she does
I love Fran, but she's wrong about second-hand smoke.
@pamount She's talking about second hand smoking. also, i'm sure they had loads ofOBJECTIVE EVIDENCE against homosexuality back in days it was illegal.
well, what happens is the same as second hand smoke. It's no different. that's an easy question.
Joke about rebellion all you want,people are going to have to pay for any deviant behavior.When you trespass in any way you hurt yourself and society. Rebellion in any form is selfish and unloving for your future and everyone elses.Too many lies are being told and its going cost people
I peace in their future life.But I feel sorry for the people propagating the lies to these precious people.Truth is truth,no matter how tolerant we've become.Love is "truth".If we cast truth aside,we've lost our capacity to truly love and respect each other in the deepest possible way.Almighty God sees everything and He cannot go back on His laws.That is why He is God.He is sovereign.His rules.His world.Like it and live.Protest it and pay eternally.I personally don't want to spend an eternity in a worse place than in this beautiful ugliness.🤔
Yeah, stick to writing children's books.
Everyone wants to do that because it’s easy! 😂
While her schtick is amusing and usually harmless, this is not. And her claim that "everything" that was said about homosexuality in the 70's is now said about second hand smoke is patently false. No on ever said, in the 70's of otherwise, that homosexuality causes cancer. Reputable doctors now say smoking causes cancer and the risks of second hand smoke are not trivial. I trust them rather than Fran - whose scientific training as far as I know is nil. She has no evidence that current analysis of second hand smoke is wrong, let alone completely and fundamentally wrong. Her "feeling" that this is "just like homosexuality" and that all current analysis will be fully rejected is based on nothing other than getting a joke in here and there. But this in not funny and not amusing. I remember NYC with smoke filled bars, and I remember smoking on planes. I don't want to go back, however "boring" now might be compared with then.
@pamount oh for gods sake, im not confused about objective evidence! I meant that I'm sure doctors and scientists used to presents "evidence" that was suppoused to be "objective" about homosexuality being a deasise. You must remember that in terms of empirical science methodology there isn't actually such thing as OBJECTIVE.
About second hand smoking: it might be dangerous, but Fran Lebowitz doesn't believe so and that's her opinion. About evidence being objective: look above.
He looks and sounds funny
Fran is a woman.
@@scottcharney1091 I am not see woman
@@floatingtremolo i am also derive laughter from his face
boom tshhh
Smart people are very good at rationalizing their foolish beliefs.
Anyone can rationalise anything they believe in. I don't reckon one has to be smart to be able to do that.
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OMG, A THINKING PERSON!!! The rarest animal. God Bless you, Fran.
Do I even have to say how much I love this?
hilarious although Smoking is a filthy habit. - NYC, 3/4/2021
car exhaust being bad for your lungs doesn’t make smoking good for them 2 wrongs don’t make a right
Engaging in homosexual sex right next to me won't affect my health in way way, but your cigarette smoke in a closed environment will affect my health. Every genius has their flaws and with Fran it's her stupid views on "smoker's rights".
Johnny Lol. Yep, no one knows that and tons of people are killed by the proper use of automobiles. Keep up the good fight, brainiac!
+Patrick Humphreys What if they have employees? Employees shouldn't have to breathe the smoke for their whole shift.
@Patrick Humphreys exactly ! so many bars went out of business in the small town i was born in because of this stupid restriction.
@@fuzzyone99 lol, exactly !
I remember the late nights looking for a pack of smokes, it was horrible, even more so was that I quit because my Mother died from smoking, and I don't think any of us gave a shit whether or not she died from second hand smoke or the fact that she was a two pack a day user. It's regrettable that Fran jokes about this because what she's actually kidding herself about is Death. Not very many things I regret, but Smoking is one of them, and it will leave scars for the rest of my life.
yes suddenly pot smoking is respectable and progressive?
I’m not sitting in a room with and old ass smoky car
Smoking, so cool until you have emphysema, heart disease or cancer. Even nicotine craving is just that, physiologic craving.
Then dont smoke if you are that concerned...
its still cool, but you just have some difficulties to deal with. the hardships do not change how cool something is.
Joey Ramone's mom! (Who wouldn't end up like him if she was?)
As it happens, she was born one year before he was.
But she was completely wrong about this.
I like everything about her... except thinking it's OK to blow toxic cigarette smoke in someone else's face. There is no Constitutional right to smoke wherever you want. Let's presume second hand smoke is actually GOOD FOR YOU... she still has no right to decide to blow it on others... nasty.
Fran only says that because she has no power or influence to change laws and people's attitudes about smoking and she's making her point humorous. I doubt she actually thinks that
This is very dangerous logic. If the constitution protects you from smells that you subjectively think are "nasty", to the point that we can make laws about it, then we can also ban public use of cars (someone might smell them!) and perfume (not everybody likes it, some people are allergic), not to mention incense, scented candles, barbecues, cheese, leaving the house without showering, etc.
If you want to support general public bans, it had better be for things that are a threat to public health, not just annoying to you personally.
@@adudzik You're so confused. She can smoke inside her home, with the windows shut. Toxic cigarette smoke isn't just "annoying", like perfume... it's also toxic. Maybe learn about rights. Smoking isn't a right. Go back to Fox News now.
@@fakerating What is your problem? You said: "Let's presume second hand smoke is actually GOOD FOR YOU." Your words. You wrote that. I was responding to it.
Now you are going back to saying that it's toxic, so you are proving my point: it matters, a lot, that cigarette smoke is a risk to public health. If it wasn't, the fact that you think it's "nasty" would be irrelevant.
I don't know why you keep saying smoking isn't a right, neither myself nor Leibowitz has argued that it is so it seems like a straw man.
Could you actually read my words and think about them before you respond again, instead of hurling insults? You don't have to act like Donald Trump, he's not your leader anymore.
And one more thing: if you think perfumes aren't toxic, you're the one watching Fox. The cosmetics industry has been in regulatory battles for decades.
Is she serious or is this a comedy routine??
If you laugh, it's comedy. If you don't, it's not.
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She is both serious and comedic. Both lol.
Lighten up...we arent supposed to live for ever.
I think using cell phones on the streets and in your car should be illegal. Much more dangerous to have someone driving whilst trying to look at their messages.
Hey people... most people who smoke live ALMOST as long as non smokers. I mean.. Do you want to live to ninety...or even eighty five?
I’d agree I wouldn’t even want to be that old even. She herself said that too. Why would you want to be 80
i see what she's saying but there's nothing worse than being near someone who's smoking lol that shit is repulsive
I've known anyone to smoke lol.
What is that? Rolling up a Tolhurst or Creme?
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She's really not that great. A total terf.
What’s a terf?
Sounds like the smoke gave him a more feminine sounding voice
Why is this guy mansplaining nostalgia to me
Did you seriously go through every Fran Lebowitz video to drop a hot metaphorical turd of idiocy on each? Because that sort of labor speaks less of actual bigotry and more of a gibbering, snotty-nosed cry for attention. The least you could do is expand the repertoire. Just saying.