Well, with that story of your friend's condition, I guess the post topic should have been "Don't let ANYONE smoke (at least in public)"!

But try to get THAT legislation passed, and you'll hear the howls of protest... Perhaps every protester needs to write your friend a letter, explaining how their need for nicotine was more important than HIS life?

Down here in Florida, things have been smoke free for a few years. I can't tell you what a horror it is to go into a bar that still allows smoking (as long as they don't serve ANY food, it's OK, but food is a major source of profit, so there are very few) now, after getting used to clean air where I play...

Any time someone asks me "Do you mind if I smoke?", I go "Do you mind if I fart?"... It only seems fair