[Joe 6-pack]

The hyped danger is the linchpin for civil disobedience. What we need are people to start calling 911 every time they see somebody lighting up a cigarette. The police and 911 operators may be annoyed, but how can they dispute the legitimacy of the calls when they are employed by the same local governments that repeatedly hype the fact that smokers subject us to death or grievous bodily harm, no less than a psychopath wielding a chainsaw?

By insisting that second-hand smoke is a killer, how will they react to someone who uses deadly force against a smoker?

[Gabz]

What we need are people to start calling 911 every time they see somebody lighting up a cigarette. The police and 911 operators may be annoyed, but how can they dispute the legitimacy of the calls when they are employed by the same local governments that repeatedly hype the fact that smokers subject us to death or grievous bodily harm, no less than a psychopath wielding a chainsaw?

When the smoker, oops I mean smoking, ban went into effect in Delaware, the Chief of the Dover Police Department issued a press release telling everyone to NOT call them....they would not respond for a smoking violation unless it involved a criminal event such as assault.

According to my sources the majority of arrests that have been made in Dover (and Delaware in general) regarding smoking ban violations have been of anti-smokers physically attacking smokers.

[retMD]

What we need are people to start calling 911 every time they see somebody lighting up a cigarette. The police and 911 operators may be annoyed..

You might want to rethink this one - tying up 911 lines will punish not so much the police and 911 operators as it will punish those in need of police and ambulance services. I'd hate to see the death of a heart attack victim on someone's conscience when there might be better ways to deal with the issue.

[Madame Dufarge]

By insisting that second-hand smoke is a killer, how will they react to someone who uses deadly force against a smoker?

Interesting question.