New smoking restrictions in Washington. Oh boy!

[tonkatoyman]

As I said above, the rights of smokers ends where the rights of non smokers begins. We shouldn't have to breathe that crap while we are trying to eat, or walk into a building, or through a park. THAT is my biggest complaint about smoking.

As a nonsmoker who has been to other countries that do not restrict smoking in public building I completely understand. I have walked into restaurants that had a blue haze hanging over the room. You could not breath. However how far is too far in limiting human behavior. Second hand smoke in a crowded room is far different than catching a whiff as you walk by entering a building. If we are going to limit behavior because of smells where do we stop. I don't like stepping in doody from other peoples dogs and smelling it, does that mean I have a right to tell people who live in a city they cannot have dogs. I don't like the smell of some foods cooking it makes me nauseous. Does that mean I have the right to limit what people cook in high rise apartments... Again how far is to far. Walk by an alley where there is rotting garbage infested with rats that are unhealthy. Do we outlaw the disposal of garbage. You do not like the smell of smoke. Neither do I. Just because you and I disapprove of a habit or dislike the smell does not give us the right to limit its behavior beyond what clearly constitutes a danger it others. Walking by a smoker in a park or in front of a building doesn't fit the criteria. Next we will be told what behaviors we can and cannot do in our homes.