do smokers deserve a choice

Personally I think they still have too much of a choice. I'm tired of having to choke with other people's smoke and yes, even in open grounds, because people just seem to love to congregate at buildings doors and whatnot and make almost such a smoke curtain that it doesn't get cleared away by the wind fast enough.

Do Non Smokers have a choice? Like in every situation, Don't Bother other People.
It is a health hazard, my Grandmother smoked for 50 years, (even when she was pregnant!) and we couldn't bear to be around her,or in her apartment because of the stink! It is really easy to treat nowadays. There are hypnosis programs, like Steve G. Jones, or patches, you'll have more friends and your family will welcome you back from behind the smoke curtain. There is a bakery in my neighborood where the baker smokes, So there are no customers there! Do you want nicotine in your cookies little boy?

well i think if you are familiar with the city in Davao,there is a laws smoking is prohibited in that place.and there are other places have non-smoking area or other establishment have specific for smoking.the government still cannot regulate it because it has bigger taxes.but if you buy a pack cigarettes who will see on the warning sign on the side.that cigarettes is very dangerous to health.

Drinking should be banned if smoking is because drunk drivers kill a lot of people. I don't know which one kills the most. On the "Biggest Loser" a woman told how all her family was killed by a drunk driver.

I almost married the perfect man of my dreams . . . but to him cigarettes were and still are more important than a family. I met him again after 16 years and he is still not married and doesn't have children. Recently at age 50 he had a minor stroke! I told him 16 years ago that I would marry him, but not the stink. He met my children and fell in love with them (all 5 ofthem), and I told him that the children could have been his. People need to get above and get past the scam of the tobacco companies and live healthier lives.

no i don't think it is fair they our people too and come on just because you don't smoke maybe you have another bad habit that smoker don't have and if you think about it the goverment can't stop the sales because look at all the tax money they will lose so give them a place where they can smoke.

I am a smoker and I don't think the government should dictate where I can and can't do it. I enjoy smoking and always have (15 years now) I know it is not healthy and I never smoke around children. I just wish there was somewhere I could go and not feel like a leper. I enjoy having a cigarette when I drink and certainly don't mind stepping outside so others don't have to but at least give me a table to sit at:)

I think the government has taken away most of our rights, or at least regulated them to some degree. It is frustrating as a US citizen in the land of the free to feel so unfree. I know others are much worse off then here but the government needs to step back from certain area and really allow us our freedoms.

what u said donie11 @ the bottom last paragraph, LMAO so true!!!

makes people wander where there common sence is at, because its not in the right noggin.!

I dont understand this stupid law, yeah Im with you on the ban law against smoking in the vehicle with a child til there 18 in some states.

why are our troops fighting for for ours and alls freedom for it to be taken away with out our votes on this matter. feel like a slap in our faces and our troops, because why are they fighting for then?

way I see it as once ago way before our time, but people ran there own town in each state with out government, which we kind of needed but not this much, im with you on our government, they flew the cucos nest. ")

rene'e: Maine

I'm ashamed to admit I'm a smoker. I would like to say I "choose" to smoke, but truth is I'm addicted and wish I never picked up the habit.

I respect the regulations that keep second-hand smoke away from others. To be honest, even as a heavy smoker myself, I don't like smoke-filled rooms! Back in the day when you could opt for a smoking or non-smoking section at a restaurant, I opted for non-smoking. I didn't want to eat around smoke, and preferred taking a break and stepping outside for a few puffs. Strange, I know.

I think they have gone a little too extreme too, but I am glad smoking is no longer allowed in restaurants. Even in restaurants that had smoking sections the smoke would still come over to where we were eating and it would totally ruin my dinner and make me sick. When I worked at a restaurant where they had smoking in the bar area by the time I would get off at night I could hardly talk. I think however if you go to a bar you should be able to smoke at least out in the beer garden.