Next phase in attack on smokers...?

[KevinTheOmnivore]

Yeah, I don't think it does the "pro-smoking" camp any service to dismiss the health consequences of second hand smoke. It really only makes you seem indifferent to the problem of cigarettes anyway, and you don't need to take that route.

Another thing "pro-smokers" need to stop doing is saying "if you don't like my cigarette, get away!" When a pack of smokers are standing outside the exit to a building, and I have little option but to walk through their cloud, I see that as a violation of my right to breath and not be choked or gagged. This is coming from an asthmatic who is VERY sympathetic towards smokers on more libertarian grounds than anything else. I don't smoke, however.

With examples such as this legislation, I don't feel it's necessary to take the kind of reactionary stance that pro-smokers have historically taken. This legislation, IMO, is a clear violation of civil liberties. If someone wants to kill themselves in their apartment, they should be allowed to (I agree with Spinster that the "noise" comparison sets a weak precedent).