[Just another Joe]

Just what political point do you suggest people are trying to make by the act of smoking?

Anymore? The fact that the government is taking away private property owners rights without actual justification.
If they're going to use the justification that ETS is a health hazard they should have to PROVE that it actually is a health hazard.
No one disputes that salmanella is a health hazard, no one disputes that cockroach droppings in your food is a health hazard, there are plenty of scientific studies that dispute ETS being a health hazard.

How about holding the antismokers, and the government (municiple, county, state, federal), to the same standards?

If it's only about the SMELL, the private property owner's rights should not be encroached upon.

[newgeezer]

My # 32 is for you, too.

After you read that, just to avoid any possible misunderstanding, know that I believe property owners have the right to set whatever rules they want with regard to whether and where smoking is permitted on their property. (On public property, the public decides, either through a ballot initiative or by proxy through their elected officials.)