[cinFLA]

There is so much truth in that above statement. We really do not need the government involved in this one. As an ardent non smoker, one who travels on business a lot, I look for non smoking establishments, so that I can enjoy a nice glass of wine, free from the stench of stale cigarette smoke and cheap cigars.

Without government you would probably still be flying on smokefilled planes, eating in smokefilled restaurants and sleeping in smoke-stenched rooms with cigarette burns on the bed covers.

[timm22]

Without government you would probably still be flying on smokefilled planes, eating in smokefilled restaurants and sleeping in smoke-stenched rooms with cigarette burns on the bed covers.

Do you lack confidence in the workings of the free market in general, or just on this particular issue?

[Michael.SF.]

Without government you would probably still be flying on smokefilled planes, eating in smokefilled restaurants and sleeping in smoke-stenched rooms

Just as smoke free restaurants popped up long before laws against smoking were inacted, I think the same would have happened to the airline Industry:

FLY "JET GREEN" THE ONLY SMOKE FREE NON STOP TO NEW YORK