You can rest anything you want, but not your brain, because you don't have one.
Hence the petty irrelevant delusional pronouncement.
Well, I can still pee in the pool I own if I want to - you may not like it, and may not want to frequent my pool, but I can still do it.
But the nanny state has said that I can't allow smoking in a business I own, irregardless of my say in the matter.
So yes, yes there is a difference. And, if you're advocating government interference of individual property rights, you're on the wrong site.
The initial phase was pointless as you said but they never quit. The anti-smoking lobby just kept on demanding more until they exercise excessive, nearly absolute control in individual lives.
The gay lobby has used the same technique by assigning "hate" status to anyone who simply disagrees with them. Now they are set to destroy any opposition financially. The next step will be a firing squad.