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marksiwel wrote:But when you smoke in a resturant and I'm 5 tables away and I'm getting hurt, too bad, so sad, no smoking.

Who forced you to go to that restaurant? How about no telling other people what they can do with their property? Don't like the way they're using it, go elsewhere. Can't find an elsewhere you like, start your own business and run it the way you want.

pbwalker wrote:So you are saying that if I don't want to smell your second hand smoke at a new fancy restaurant, I can't go?

If you don't want to hear Willie Nelson, then you can't go to the honky tonk either.

Maybe the Orthodox Jews should raise a stink about discrimination because there's nothing Kosher on the menu at many of the Cajun restaurants, effectively denying them their right to eat there.

jmra wrote:I have no problem with someone smoking on their private property. I do have a right not to have smoke blown in my face in a public place.

You have a right to not associate with minorities. Try demanding that someone else enforce that right for you by kicking them out of a public place and see how far it goes.

jmra wrote:No problem with smoking bans. I think it is one of those things where the question of "when your rights enfrienge on my rights" comes into play.

What about when your perceived "rights" infringe on the rights of property owners?

I have a right not to have smoke blown in my face.

Absolutely: on property you control.

it wasn't that many yrs ago that I had a chain smoker working within a few feet of me.

And how long ago did that kill you?