[ErnBatavia]

Always wonder why s.o.m.e. non-smokers feel the need to confront smokers verbally ...

Herd mentality..."popular thinking" and all that emboldens 'em. They've found a bandwagon and jumped on it.

[muawiyah]

It's of a piece with the old standard in the South where a black on the sidewalk would have to give way to any passing white.

Some people liked that standard, and their ideological heirs are applying it to smokers.

Once they get rid of the smokers, they'll find some other reason to bully people.