Smoking in public places, .............. Options

[picaso_smile]

Should smoking be banned from public places? Should it be banned in all resaurants? Do you think it's fair to take away a persons right to smoke wherever they want?

My opinion:
I think smoking should be banned except outdoors. It's a disguesting habbit. It pollutes the environment and people. Smokers don't have a right to jeopardize the health of other people.

[Sumiaki]

i think it should be banned at resturaunts and stuff.
Because there could be kids at where you are.
And you could cause a little kid sick just by smoking.
I mean, I know there are seperate places, but sometimes there aren't.
sometimes out in the street you could be smoking and be near a child.
i know just by one smoke and meeting them once wont give'em cancer, but it's bad to their health.

and indoors, in your house, i think that shouldn't be banned.
if you have a kid, it's your problem and responbility as an adult to risk your child on second-hand smoking.
indoors, as in, someone elses' house should be banned because you're smoking on another property and you could get the responbility of getting someone elses' family sick.

It's also your responsibility to get off your lazy ass and ask for a different seat/booth or to ask your guest to not smoke at your house. Maybe smoking should be banned outdoors too. What if I was smoking outside next to a family? Obviously they would move away instead of staying there if they really didn't want to inhale the fumes from my cigarette. Therefore what is the difference in moving to a different seat in a restaurant if the smoke carries to where you sit? Anyways there is usually no one really smoking in a restaurant unless that restaurant has a bar. So basically we can only smoke indoors in our own house. Yes that will fly very easily with smokers who need their nicotine when they are far from home. Even though I am a non-smoker, I don't think this is a real big issue. I mean you have the choice to stay and the choice to move or act upon the smoker.