[carpio]

As a former (50 year) smoker I gotta agree with this. I am really sensitive to smoke odors nowadays.

I don't advocate banning butts but(!) I'd just as soon avoid the smell.

I agree. I smoked three to five packs a day for twenty years. Then quit about ten years ago. When you are smoking you have no idea how revolting the stench is to those around you.

Even when I was smoking though I don't think I would have complained about not being allowed to smoke at a Children's Hospital.

I think smokers today bring a lot of grief on themselves by trying to defend the public act of burning weeds, paper and chemicals (smoking) as some sort of Divine Right. Which it clearly is not.

[Judith Anne]

It may not be a "Divine Right" but until the nanny-state stepped in, along with money-hungry trial lawyers and smokenazi judges, it wasn't a frikken crime.

And I DON'T REMEMBER EVER VOTING ON THE RIGHT TO SMOKE! These regulations are slipped in and have the force of law, put in place by UNELECTED OFFICIALS who mandate behavior. Remember, someday, YOUR ox may be gored. At that time, you'll find sympathy in the dictionary between sh...never mind.

[Tall_Texan]

I think smokers today bring a lot of grief on themselves by trying to defend the public act of burning weeds, paper and chemicals (smoking) as some sort of Divine Right. Which it clearly is not.

If you think cigarette addicts defend their habits to the hilt, just visit the marijuana threads. The drug nuts are worse.