Yes Manitas, there is an implicit right to smoke in the fact that smoking is legal.

There is, however, NO implicit right to force others to smoke by doing it in enclosed spaces, nor should there be.

As a lifelong smoker, I have tried, as best I could, to lessen the effects of my habits on others, and I welcome this ban. I am not dismayed by the idea of having to go outside for a cigarette.

I DO think that an exception could have been made for private smoking clubs, where only smokers, or non smokers who had been warned about the risks and made a written acceptance of those risks, could be employed.

BTW, I am at last seriously attempting to give up the filthy habit following my recent heart trouble, and I truly wish that I had never exercised my right to start smoking.

Don T.