[Slyfox]

I am not a smoker but I think the smoking/non-smoking sections in restaurants have worked out just fine. I do have two friends who are actually allergic to smoke and end up wheezing bigtime if they spend too much time in a bar where their is not a non-smoking section. So, I can see both sides.

This is really a private property issue. Businesses has proven that they can accomodate both smokers and non-smokers. That being said, I think that governmental entities are within their right to prohibit smoking in public buildings.

[Mark]

No arguement-- I stopped smoking a month ago. The taxes are liberals' way to hit smokers only because they are a minority group. If they all stopped buying cigs at the local places and roll own or get elsewhere these libs would be screaming.

[jimt]

That being said, I think that governmental entities are within their right to prohibit smoking in public buildings.

Not when smokers' taxes are paying for them as well. They have ripped me off by not putting any smoking areas in airports, for instance.