[appalachian_dweller]

I can see banning smoking in the work place because folks NEED to be there to pay their bills. I'm willing to meet nonsmokers half way.

Nonsmokers don't NEED to be in bars where there is smoking. If you scared of SHS, they the hell out of the bars. You'll save money and you won't annoy the crap out of smokers.

I don't like the women at work who like to bathe in perfume but you don't see me complaining about it. I got into an elevator one time with this lady and I swear I almost passed out from lack of fresh air.

Everyone does something that some one else does not like. As long as it's legal, the annoyed person just has to deal with it.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Don't confuse involuntary activity undertaken in an attempt to not be offensive to others with that which essentially says "screw you if you don't like smoke."

I am not an anti-smoking fanatic but to cast any doubt on the right of smokers to smoke anywhere and anytime they want is sufficient to provoke the Smoke-uber-alles crowd to name-calling.