[TheLion]

"The sun does more damage to peoples' bodies than second-hand cigarette smoke," said Monessen Elks Club trustee Brian Mears. "What is the government going to do next, shut down the sun?"

What about all those good fumes everyone sucks up behind other cars in rush hour. That has got to be a 100 times worse than second hand smoke....I forgot, they can't do much about that little problem.

[SheLion]

What about all those good fumes everyone sucks up behind other cars in rush hour. That has got to be a 100 times worse than second hand smoke....I forgot, they can't do much about that little problem.

Exactly.  The following is an excerpt from a letter to an Editor in LA:

All citizens do NOT have any "right" to breathe clean air.  If we did, then all planes, automobiles, trucks, factories, and breweries (the source of toxic poisons in the air) would be banned. Only then could everyone "breathe truly clean air".