You are so right! Sigh.......................
I have absolutely no problem with non-smokers who do not wish to be around tobacco smoke, just so long as they are not in favor of the government getting involved in the issue.
The smoking vs. non-smoking issue came up, again, at a meeting at the Moose Lodge last night. Some states/municipalities that have banned smoking have also included private clubs such as the Moose, others exempt them. Apparently there are several Lodges throughout the country that are voluntarily going smoke-free. Some have found it to be successful, others have not.
Of the 13 people attending the meeting only 2 are non-smokers and it was one of them who said the idea of going non-smoking would be a death knell for the Lodge. We don't have enough people coming in as it is, chasing away the majority of those few would be suicidal. The same is true for our Bingo - going non-smoking would kill us. Of the 72 people we had at bingo last week, only 4 were sitting at the no-smoking tables.