[Publius6961]

You probably light up in close proximity to non-smokers just to show you won't be told what to do.

LOL.

You must have a smart dog!
Have him explain it to you:

It doesn't take a lit cigarette to set off the copernican controlling twits.
Yes, I make it a point to have an unlit cigarette in plain sight wherever I go, in close proximity to the neurotic controlling twits.
And yes, they have canniption fits.

Your dog can probably explain why. Assuming he is brave enough to go near you.

[hoosierskypilot]

It's not fascism if I agree with it. It's what's right. Only when I disagree does it become fascism.

Face it. Your days are numbered. We are going to tax you out of existence. We're going to make cigarettes so expensive you're going to have to buy them one at a time.

Then we're going to make it a crime to smoke anywhere anybody else is present.

The next step (and it will begin in Kalifornia) is that children will be encouraged to sue parents who smoke for damages.