And not just Muslims. During a tour of Niagara Falls a couple of years ago, we chose an outside table at a restaurant (believe it was in Canada). I lit up, okay outside, and shortly after a couple with two young daughters sat at a table near us.
"Dad" immediately asked me not to smoke, so I obliged by snuffing it out.
He and his wife found no objection, however, to one of their daughters discarding her shoes and sitting with her feet on the chair.
I admit I was sorely tempted to point out this display of bad manners to mommy and daddy, but I held my tongue.
The truth is that people who see smokers as some kind of pariahs of society are blind to their own offensive behavior. I witness this all the time, and I'm sure other smokers also do.
When anyone makes a pejorative comment about smoking, why wouldn't we be justified in letting them know about their offensive behaviour?
The dangers of second-hand smoke? Never been proven.