[TChris]

It's like saying SUV's need to be regulated for IF an SUV goes head on with a Yugo in an accident the occupants of the Yugo don't stand a chance.

No, it's not like that at all. Your SUV doesn't have a good chance of harming me simply by being near it. There seems to be a likelihood that smoking does.

...and smoking isn't an accident.

[EGPWS]

Your SUV doesn't have a good chance of harming me simply by being near it. There seems to be a likelihood that smoking does.

Public buses spew smoky exhaust that I don't like because it makes me sneeze and give me a headache because of it.

They should be taxed and/or banned. ; )

Not only THAT, I have to spend my hard earned labor on climate regulation in my SUV so I don't have to put up with the stench of diesel exhaust from those evil public buses while I am commuting.

I think that public bus diesel exhaust may be causing me to be experiencing a lassisazical attitude, making me tired, and most likely shortening my life because of inhaling the exhaust.

There's just got to be SOMETHING that our forefathers put into the Constitution that I can use to stop the use of public transportation so I can live in peace and comfort again.

If not, can it be amended for me and my concerns?

[boop]

Come ON! Are you over the age of 25? Then it's damned likely you were exposed to the horrors of public smoking when you were a kid. It used to be everywhere. I know I didn't like it when I was young, but long term harm? Bullshit. 50-60% of the population smoked back in the 50's. We should have seen MILLIONS of cases of cancer in non-smokers. We didn't. Now that smoking is banned just about everywhere, we should be seeing a much lower incidence of asthma exacerbation. No, it's actually increasing. It boils down to this. A lot of people "don't like" smoking and they'll accept any lie in order to forbid people from engaging in an activity that they "don't like".

If you were locked up in a garage with a running SUV, you'd better believe it could cause you harm by being near it. If I locked you up in a garage with a thousand smokers for an hour, you wouldn't like it, but you wouldn't be dead. But there are parking garages that forbid smoking, because it's "so dangerous". It is pure hysteria.