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There is no inherent "right" to smoke. Smokers working in an office, owned by someone else, do not have a right to smoke in that building if the owner wants to ban smoking. Smokers in a public building, owned by some governmental entity do not have the right to smoke there either.

A proprietor of a restaurant does have a right to have place for smokers or non-smokers without government interference. Smokers have a right to smoke in their own homes. Smokers do not have a right to smoke in my home.

No need to make any comparison to homo-rights activists.

I never said there was an inherent "right" to smoke. I just believe it is the inherent "right" of a business owner to make the determination whether or not he/she wishes to permit it in his/her property.

Public property, i.e. government buildings, are a different story. Even as a smoker, who is also a taxpayer, I can understand no-smoking policies for those buildings because in many instances the non-smoking public is FORCED to enter those premises. Non-smokers are never forced to enter a private business establishment.

As I have repeatedly said on this and many other threads, I have nothing against businesses that choose to go non-smoking............I am and always will be against the use of the strong arm of government to force businesses that do not choose such a route to do so.