[Just another Joe]

Your point MIGHT have merit if you could bring up an instance of a study, that hasn't been debunked , or completely thrown out, that says Environmental Tobacco Smoke causes harm to anyone that doesn't have a pre-existing medical condition.
For every study you find I'd be willing to bet that I can come up with one that says ETS is NOT harmful.
If there are no harmful effects, what right does the government have to ban it in privately owned business settings?

[ccmay]

Your point MIGHT have merit if you could bring up an instance of a study, that hasn't been debunked , or completely thrown out, that says Environmental Tobacco Smoke causes harm to anyone that doesn't have a pre-existing medical condition.

So the heck with people who have asthma or emphysema, that's just a pre-existing condition, and a smoke junkie's right to take his drugs in public outweighs the right of an asthmatic to go into a bar or restaurant without suffering an attack? Is that what you are saying here? Doesn't seem like very firm ground to me.

-ccm