[timm22]

...conservatives regularly go to the voting booth and freely vote to ban smoking.

Unfortunately, ignorance concerning property rights is so pervasive these days that even conservatives fall prey to bogus appeals like this.

Sad, don't you think?

[trumandogz]

Yes, there is ignorance concerning property rights however, I do not think that is what is driving the anti-smoking popular opinion in the US. Instead, anti smoking opinion and legislation is driven by the decline in the percentage of smokers in the U.S.

The decline in smoking rates is driven by health concerns and by the negative stereotype associated with smoking. Thus the only way to stop more and more jurisdictions from banning smoking is to remove the stigma from smoking and convince people that smoking in not bad for your health.