Who would have thought that France would be so far behind the curve in the socialist, foundless smoking ban hysteria?
I suppose it may be because smoking arrived long before Socialism and became even more deeply ingrained into the French culture and psyche.....
Perhaps an analogy can be drawn to gun rights in America? We've been a self-sufficient, self-reliant people for a whole lot longer than the Nanny-State antigun / antifreedom Nazis have been around, hence the difficulty that they have in disarming us.