[libertarian27]

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.

You should have stopped at the first sentence.

There are other things that inflict unwanted consequences on those around them. Fireplaces, BBQ, auto exhaust, micro-wave use, man-made global warming(:)), airports(noise), farming(dust-smell), certain plants or animals(allergies), consuming meat(PETA)- if they don't like your activity, your activity becomes an unwanted consequence for them, whether physically or psychologically . How far are you willing to take this?

You really should have stopped at that first sentence.

[r9etb]

You should have stopped at the first sentence.

No, I should not have.

It is supposedly a basic tenet of libertarianism that you do not have the right to impose consequences on me without my consent. Perhaps you simply have not had your morning coffee yet.

[ichabod1]

farming(dust-smell),

YEah, that's a great example as you have yuppies like r9etd and theo moving to the country, and then getting ANGRY that they have to deal with dust and manure smell, and demanding that the farmers get rid of their livestock.