"Smoking nay be bad for both the smoker and the non-smoker but if it's to be totally banned, then it should be followed by a ban on alcohol."

Bullsh•t. Alcohol has indeed been the cause of many a hardship through the years and alcoholism has been a part of the demise of some of my songwriting heroes (townes, gene clark, jim ringer) but if you're sitting next to me downing whiskeys that in itself, assuming you're not driving or getting drunk and whacking me in the head with something, is not harming me, it's "only" damaging just your own liver and life. Meanwhile your second hand smoke is going up my nose and into my lungs, besides making my clothes and hair smell bad...

jpc