[kevao]

You have no right to smoke in public.

What? Look, I don't know how you define "public," so let's leave that aside for the moment. The argument here is whether the government can ban smoking on private property like a restaurant or bar.

In fact most states had smoking bans in place at the time the constitution as signed.

Where do you get this stuff?

[VRWC_minion]

The argument here is whether the government can ban smoking on private property like a restaurant or bar.,That simple. Of course they can and a matter of fact they are.

[supercat]

In fact most states had smoking bans in place at the time the constitution as signed.

Where do you get this stuff?

I don't remember the year (probably around 1800), nor the exact location (probably Rhode Island), but per a family story, one of my ancestors or a relative thereof was brought into court charged with smoking in public; he was ordered to pay a $5 fine (rather a lot of money back then). He proceeded to take out a $10 bill, hand it to the judge, and light up his pipe before leaving the courtroom.