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Smirting

Smoking outside of non-smoking areas

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History

Smirting was first identified in New York in 2003,{{cite book and spread to the Republic of Ireland in 2004 when an aggressive smoking ban in public places was enacted.{{cite news

Smirting has been so successful that non-smokers try to mingle with the smirters.{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081011225635/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article2215960.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 11, 2008

Sociologist and sexologist Pepper Schwartz states that the smirters are "defiant and angry, they don't buy the second-hand smoke argument, and want to share this grudge with someone else." When they are forced outside, smirters form strong bonds in what is essentially an exile community.{{cite news

References

Katie Evans. "The art of smirting". BBC.

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