Hi Alex, cute. Now THERE'S an extremist, eh?

Regards smoking bans, I can sympathize and go with not smoking in office buildings, health establishments, and other places where the general public frequent/work/must go and such because so many people and employees don't smoke, are allergic, sensitive, etc. Smokers must consider the environment where they are as well as non-smokers must consider where they are, and most smokers I know are very accommodating to being considerate when that's fair. There has to be reasonableness.

Going to the extremes of inflicting/forcing businesses to sacrifice their freedoms to choose and businesses and livelihood just to make an establishment non-smoker friendly is just going too far beyond reasonableness.

There are SO many environmental risks to health other than smoking. Smoking has been targetted and singled out and has been made "an issue". What a mess it all is trying to come up with a balance of reasonableness that considers and respects both sides and doesn't arbitrarily destroy longstanding businesses and jobs.

Time for a cigarette (I've not quit yet ) and anyone comes to my place knows to expect smoking, although if it really effects them and they ask, I will refrain from smoking inside while they're at my place ... outside? I'll stand far from them and light up where the smoke won't blow in their direction