Hi Richard,

It's nice to hear from people interested in the practical aspects of policy and enforcement. If people like the song, or don't like the song, it's really fine either way. There's plenty of music I don't particularly care for, so I'm not sure why some people's tone is so hostile. I wish there was at least equal vehemence being vented at the fellow who held his cigarette right next to my nose when I requested he step back a bit.

But I'm not really as interested in discussing that as I am in policy and public health. There's nothing immodest about posting the song, which, I said before, was in response to a request for anti-smoking songs. This is one, for sure. I've used it in four performances so far and for the first time in my life last night had to pause til laughter died down enough to continue singing the next verse. I'm about to go play it at the Noe Valley Farmer's Market.

Some of the smokers were vendors, some were employees with a problem similar to mine regarding having to be at a particular station, thus the walking informational campaign. Smokers who attend the fair can step outside the fair, some half-block away. There are no tickets, it's all free.

Berkeley does have a 20-feet-from-the-door perimeter policy, but the operative policy in this case was the smokefree business district policy which covers the entire business district, the length of the street. People who can't make it very long without a smoke can step outside the fair, but also there are a variety of patches, gums, even nicotine lozenges for, for instance, people on long flights, etc. It isn't as though there are no alternatives to exposing other people.