“True. But there are words to describe people who make you smell their stink.”
One man’s stink is another man’s perfume. This is entirely a personal problem. I happen to like the smell of tobacco smoke in all its forms. Nobody is responsible to make the world just way you’d like it. Talk about Goldylocks. The bed’s too hard. I don’t like the smell. So sad.
Good grief!
Hank
So, basically, you are claiming that smokers are not bound by the same concept of "rights" that applies to the rest of us -- according to you, their rights apparently do not end "where the other man's nose begins."
The fact is that smoking is one of those things that is nearly impossible to keep private. Smoke does not respect boundaries: it has a tendency to spread where it will, and it invades other people's space whether they want it to or not.
A smoker's expectation of being able to smoke around other people is not based on a "right," it is merely an assumption that the people around him will tolerate his actions. The various laws concerning smoking, including this one, have their roots in the fact that people in general have become much less willing to tolerate the unpleasantness that smokers inflict on them.
Is a law like this a violation of property rights? Yes. But at the same time, it's important to note that it's really a clash of two different and legitimate interests. Laws like this come in response to the fact that smokers' personal choices tend to inflict unwanted consequences on those around them.