What's annoying about it is the narrow-minded, holier than thou, moralising attitude many non smokers take to it tho! It's a bit like me banning drum n bass music from being played anywhere, cos I don't like it, nevermind if you do.....

Secondly, what really ticks me off are the "over reactors" to smoking. I have been smoking for over ten years, and I smoke a LOT - 10 packs in 8 days on average? But people say "I have to hold my breath when walking past people smoking on the street" and "it has an ill effect on my health"....

The first is bollox, sorry, but it is. The second... Well, it is based in fact yes - smoking does have a negative effect on health. But if I have been smoking constantly for 10years and so far have had no negative effects to my health (that I know off), how can taking in half a lungfull of smoke a day on the street (when it's un-pure, ie broken down, stripped of 90% of it's tar and nicotine (which has already been absorbed by the smokers lungs) and mixed with 99% oxygen, so in effect 1 lung full of second hand smoke only contains 1% actual smoke) be detrimental to your health?

The damaging part of smoking is the pure smoke, taken from the burning tobacco into the lungs. Or from the wisps of smoke from the lit end of the cigarette. The after effect of smoking, the exhaled "smoke" is stipped of virtaully all tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide, and as I said only contains on at most (on average) 10% of the original damaging qualities. Mix that with normal atmosphere oxygen (laymans terms = AIR) then this is diluted down to usually 1 or 2%....

So most of the problem today is with non-smokers who are over reacting...