"Oh how some found their voices once the masses began to scream !"

Guest AR. I mean no offense, but here is my remark from post six on this thread:

"Second-hand smoke is NOT good for people, especially kids. I like the law.

I've been a smoker since I was nine with two years not smoking when I was in my forties. I'm now 61. That's 50 years. Smoking sucks, imo."

Fact is that in the past I have said words to this effect: If I come sit on a park bench beside you, and I decide to smoke, you have the right to ask me not to. If you come sit beside me and ask me not to smoke, I have the right to request you go find another bench. I have been in both situations. In the first instance the non-smoker is correct. In the second, the smoker is correct. We now know, medically, that smoking around others harms them. So it's reasonable and humane to smoke away from people. That's my view and y'ain't said anything to change my mind.