All Right, my town has chosen a smoking ban for all public facilities, with only a few exceptions. I’m so done with my rights being taken away, I’m ill. I cannot understand the reason non-smokers have such a sharp judgement on what us smokers want to do. I understand that smoking is bad, but I made a conscience choice when I began smoking, aware of the fact it was not good. Just because non-smokers want me to quit, will not mean that it will happen. Smoking in bars has been a freedom, but most restaurants have a chosen smoking area. If you prefer not to to breathe in the smoke, don’t eat in the smoking area, you are not coerced to sit in that section. And as well as the jobholers of these pubs that say they are tortured by second hand smoke, what a joke. I worked in the restaurant business for over 10 years, and I know that most of theco-workers were smokers. Doing business with the public, tends to, drives you to smoke. Also, I have never heard any non-smoking co-worker ever protest about smoking while on the job in the smoking area. Putting a smoking restriction in restaurants and bars, can only save me money, because I will not go out after the the new year.