. This is past protecting the "health" of non-smokers, and into punishing smokers for having a habit that the antis have made socially stigmatized.
Agreed. New Mexico has recently gone that route (well, almost; still allowed to smoke outside, at least 25 feet from a door), and I feel for those who are craving and can't light up. I don't want to be too close to someone who's smoking, but it always seemed sufficient to put a wall or a wide enough space between the two groups. It's just crazy -- no one seems willing to compromise, anymore. .
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This is past protecting the "health" of non-smokers, and into punishing smokers for having a habit that the antis have made socially stigmatized.
Agreed. New Mexico has recently gone that route (well, almost; still allowed to smoke outside, at least 25 feet from a door), and I feel for those who are craving and can't light up. I don't want to be too close to someone who's smoking, but it always seemed sufficient to put a wall or a wide enough space between the two groups. It's just crazy -- no one seems willing to compromise, anymore.
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