"I don't smoke, and rather like being able to go out to the bar and not come home smelling like a chimney."
Then frequent bars that CHOOSE not to allow smoking. You'd think the city owned the establishment; they certainly act like they own the place.
standard required disclaimer on all smoking threads: I do not smoke, and personally don't like to be where there is lots of smoking. However, I don't feel my interest overrides those of other patrons nor especially of the owner of wherever I elect to visit.
In short, it's not "your rights end where my nose begins" but "both our rights to take offense end with our choice to enter someone else's business."
Now places where people have no choice but to go, such as government buildings, are a different matter. I don't recall anyone forcing you or me to enter a bar.
One thing I just can't understand about second-hand-smoke-kills bar patrons is, they truly believe their lives are at risk from SHS, yet there they sit, in a smoke-filled bar, bitching about the smoke.