[Mister Baredog]

The tyranny of the majority. In California they're banning smoking on the beaches. The claim is to keep them cleaner, perhaps they should just ban people altogether, it would make the enviro-wackos very happy.

[SheLion]

perhaps they should just ban people altogether

Ban people. Your right. Turn the beaches back over to the sand crabs............

[Agnes Heep]

The tyranny of the majority.

That's it, in a nutshell. Unless you can enshrine it in the Bill of Rights, or get more than half the population to take it up, smoking will continue to take a beating.