GurnE - again that is you opinion and you are entitled to it, but it is a very one sided argument! None of the non-smokers seem to consider how the smokers feel about this - if anything the tables are turned and we (the smokers) are now the segregated ones! We don't like the fact that now WE can't go to xx place or do xx thing because of the ban on smoking in that place. Why should WE be forced to not be involved in something becuase a non smoker says we can't?

And the typical reply is usually "well, give up smoking then...." - which I answer with the almost as stupid "why don't you START smoking instead?" You wuold think that to start smoking in order to go to a pub or club is ludicrous - I happen to think that in order to go to a pub or club I have to QUIT smoking is just a ludicrous!