[Ditter]

LOL At least you are not accusing me of stalking you, but you misunderstand me. I don't care if you smoke. You can smoke your lights out. It only affects me when I can't avoid breathing it. Restaurants are the battle ground. A restaurant owner wants to accommodate both of us. He wants my money as well as yours. Sometimes (often) the nonsmoking sections he gives me is right next to the smoking section, no barrier between, nothing to keep the smoke on your side of the room. That is my only complaint, when I have been promised nonsmoking & I don't get it.

How mad would you be, if after your food had been served the restaurant owner said "no smoking" when you had been promised a smoking table? That is what happens, in reverse to non smokers all the time.

[dinodino]

If you don't like a particular restaurant's seating, take your business elsewhere--problem solved.

No, I'm not a smoker, BTW.

[SheLion]

How mad would you be, if after your food had been served the restaurant owner said "no smoking" when you had been promised a smoking table? That is what happens, in reverse to non smokers all the time.

Well, I still say it should be left up to the owner of the business, and not Big Brother. I'm sure there are plenty other restaurants in your area where you aren't bothered by people smoking.

[metesky]

With the quality of most restaurants and the yuppie scum take-over of most decent working mans' bars, it's barely worth going out anymore anyway.

Even places that tout themselves as top flite serve the same bland crap in only slightly variable phoney "atmosphere".

We could probably get a thread of it's own out of that.

[Protagoras]

That is my only complaint, when I have been promised nonsmoking & I don't get it.

Sounds like you should never go to that establishment again.

But I'm guessing you want a law to outlaw smoking in private establishments.

Which is precisely the same as outlawing property rights.