[metesky]

Hasn't it gotten to the point that some smokers positively enjoy offending other people with their habit/addiction?

It's been my experience that most smokers will go out of their way to accommodate non-smokers who make a polite request to refrain from smoking. It's the coughers and hand wavers, the insult under the breath folks who get treated rudely, usually rightfully so.

[185JHP]

Don't have to make a request, polite or otherwise to stop a loathsome, disgusting adiction from disturbing your dining/drinking experience, merely support the government that'll ban it. The restaurants in our state capitol have been non-smoking for years and I love it! BTW I've not said that smokers are necessarily all evil people - just people that need to grasp a simple concept - the purpose of government is to govern. This "do whatever you want if it's private property" stuff is fatuous nonsense.