Okay, show me in the Constitution where it says that you are allowed to do something you like, even though it may not be acceptable to everyone around you.
The fact is, smoking does not just affect you, it affects those people who happen to be near you. Your argument here is that it doesn't matter what the other people around you think, you should be allowed to smoke anyway.
I also read the statement on here that "smokers are disillusioned by democracy." For crying out loud, can we be any more melodramatic?
How many smokers feel strongly about my second amendment rights to carry a gun wherever I go. Half? 30%? 60%? What do you think? And that is a CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED RIGHT!
Maybe disillusioned smokers should think about the rights of other people before getting so disillusioned.
I have no problelm with you carrying a gun where ever you go - provided the owner of a private business says you can. Remember you do not have the right to enter his private property without his permission and abiding by his rules.
To them it probably never crossed their minds that we'd come to a point in our country where they'd be so many wimps afraid of their own shadows.
It's not mentioned in the Constitution, for or against smoking. Therefore, it is left to the local communities and States to each decide for themselves via our legally elected representatives in our Constitutional Republic.
A Constitutional Republic means we elect people to represent us. A Democracy is mob rule.
I believe each town/city should decide for itself whether it wishes to take away property owners' rights and then suffer the consequences whether they be good or bad.
Where does it say in the constitution that you have a 'right' to go anywhere you please and never have to smell smoke from tobacco?