Can Carol please clarify exactly what change of policy she has achieved through this song. If the area where the street fair is held was already designated as smoke free, what has changed? What will be done next year that wasn't done this year to stop those smokers who think that the rules don't apply to them?

I agree about the crucial difference between her song and the Bogle one (neither of which I have heard sung, and neither of which I had met in any form until this thread). Bogle exaggerates the opinions of his target in order to highlight how wrong they are. Denney exaggerates her own opinions.

Personally I do my utmost to avoid cigarette smoke, so the very very small amounts that I can't avoid will have a negligible effect on my health. My reason for avoiding it is that it hurts, especially out of doors where any wind generates more side smoke. 50 yards downwind from a smoker is too close for me. One whiff can cause my nose to sting for half an hour afterwards.

The phenomenon that most annoys me nowadays is that the smokers who have been evicted from shops, pubs, offices etc hang around just outside, assaulting everyone who walks pass or goes in or out. I would like to see designated smoking areas on the roofs of buildings.

If I had one wish from a genie, it would be for all the smokers in the world to gradually find their smoke becoming as horrible for themselves as it is for me.

Richard