[ItisaReligionofPeace]

You can do anything you want in your own house. However, when your cigarette smoke begins to interfere with the health and enjoyment of others, it should be stopped.

[Im4Starr]

Please read some of the documents referenced above by other freepers in this thread for information on the health aspects of smoking.

[SheLion]

You can do anything you want in your own house. However, when your cigarette smoke begins to interfere with the health and enjoyment of others, it should be stopped.

[Morgan in Denver]

You say: "You can do anything you want in your own house. However, when your cigarette smoke begins to interfere with the health and enjoyment of others, it should be stopped."

By your warped logic, I continue to insist you do not use any perfume, cologne or aftershave. It does interfere with my health and enjoyment. I'm also not too fond of people protesting the war, which certainly interferes with my enjoyment of others. So, if you are doing any of those things, I can only presume you will stop it forthwith.

Any business or restaurant you may wish to visit is under no obligation to cater to your wishes. You have no right to force that business to adhere to your whims for health and enjoyment. You don't own the business and you are not responsible for it. If you don't like it, simple. Don't go there. But you have no right to demand others follow your lead.

There are plenty of restaurants I do not visit because they do not allow smoking. Do I have a right to insist they start allowing people to smoke? By your logic, I guess so. However, I respect their right to run their business as they see fit and my alternative is to not patronize that business.

I wish you and others would allow such choices and stop telling me what to do. Cannot you not understand that "you" are not God and "you" are not running the world. Deal with it.