I'm not a smoker and neither is my partner.

I would agree that smoking is aloud outside but not indoors anywhere, even hotels. I am glad that there is no smoking in bars and restaurants and stores. It's nice to go out and not come back home with my hair and clothes smelling like cigarette. It stinks!

The leading causes of health related deaths are respiratory and heart diseases. I agree that there are many dangers out in the world that can cause your death but I feel like pointing this out is like trying to rationalize. I have friends who smoke and I don't nag them about it. They can do what they want, it's their body they're destroying. If they want to quit I will be very supportive, each time they try.

In general I just think it's a bad idea to allow smokers to light up in enclosed spaces they don't own, unless the place is specially billed as a smoker's facility, bar, etc. We have liquor licenses, they should just have the the same policy with respect to smoking. That way, if you're a waitress or a bartender, you're not forced by virtue of your vocation to deal with something so hazardous to your health, appearance, and let's face it, smell.

I think that smoking should be banned . . . period.

Whenever I walk by people smoking on the sidewalk it sends me into a coughing fit. My mom smokes and we finally forced her outside after many years of smoking inside. I don't mind if people smoke and it's an open area, but not right outside buildings. Whenever I go to the library I have to pass through walls of smoke which makes me cough until I get inside. Ugh.

I'm an ex-smoker so I can say this; smoking is a filthy disgusting habit. It really should not be permitted anywhere but designated areas far removed from non-smokers. Nothing worse than taking a stroll outside on a nice breezy summer day when all of a sudden you get a random waft of smoke. That shit just lingers inside your nose. Blegh.

I don't smoke and the smell makes me sick, so I honestly don't want it anywhere. I know that for those that smoke it's not a good answer, but honestly when it used to allowed in restaurants it ruined meals. Delaware was one of the first states to ban it, and it was the best thing in the world for me. It sucked traveling to other states where they'd not yet banned it.

A few years back I went out to eat in Michigan, the entire meal the table behind us chain smoked. Sure I was technically in the no smoking section, but it was close enough that it didn't matter. At one point all 4 of the people at the table were smoking and I had such a bad asthma attack we had to get my rescue inhaler. While they were allowed to smoke, it was effecting others and certainly wasn't harmless. I don't care if you want to do that to yourself, but there are some places I was glad to see it banned from.

I honestly can't even be around someone wearing too much cologne, perfume or body spray. My coworker came in reeking of axe one day and I had an asthma attack, he didn't want to smell of cigarettes, so you covered himself in something just as bad. Uhg, it's not covering it up, it made it worse.

I would rather see tobacco banned but I doubt that will happen for a whyile. So I'd like to see it less popular and in ever fewer places than it is in the U.S. Some countries are pretty far behind us and I'm a little worried about the slight possibility of me moving to these places.

I would like to see more smoking areas away from others, in their own rooms if indoor smoking is a must for a business owner. I would like it not to be allowed in the entry of businesses. It is show that the smoker does not care about anyone else's opinion, which is a display in many cases I do not like. No, that bit of smoke won't kill me. But it's so gross to smell and see before going in. When doors open, it goes inside. I had to deal with this as a receptionist every day for a while. And I get enough chemicals every day that are surprisingly dangerous. I'd like to eliminate some of this.

I don't even like smoking on beaches, sidewalks, and sometimes not in private cars. The reason here is because not so much because of the smoke, but the way people handle things when they are done. How many beaches, sidewalks, roads, parks, pleasant places in general have you seen littered by the trash of smokers? Just because your trash is small doesn't mean it's still not litter. Litter that can start forest fires, make sitting on the ground less fun, fit in animals' mouths.

I'm sorry if I offend. My stance is rather harsh. I get tired of attacks on it just as pro-tobacco people are tired of me attacking their stance. It is strange to me that people would get so defensive about the right to do something that looks, smells bad and is bad for us. It seems like addiction speaking.

I worry about people I know who have had problems likely due to smoking. Some of these people are still young. I know you have the right to do what you want with your life, but think about the well-being of the people around you, even if you aren't convinced smoking is so bad. And think of how some of them would feel if you died because of something like smoking.

I'm not an advocate of smoking in public places. I'm in Europe now, and smoking is a lot more popular over here than it is back home. It's really unavoidable. If someone wants to avoid being around smoke, they should be able to do so with ease, not be subjected to it because some asshole on the street is blowing smoke into peoples' faces. I know not all smokers are like this, but the vast majority I've encountered while out and about aren't mindful of their surroundings.

I'm living with a couple of girls who smoke inside our apartment and refuse to take it outside, even though I am allergic to smoke and one girl has asthma. Hence I'm a little jaded in regards to smoking at the moment.

I think cigarettes should be banned altogether.
I hate having to clog up my lungs because some smoker has no respect for anyone elses life!

Over here they aren't suppose to smoke within a certain distance from a building entry - but do smokers give a $#^$%@*! NOPE!
Too bad if someone with chronic lung problems has to get into a shopping centre. Any smokers stop to think just for a second, that they could kill that person cause they can't friggin breath?????

They also aren't by law allowed to smoke in a car (over here) if there is a young cild with them. Again, they have no respect for the developing body of their own children! I think that's digusting.

I use to be a smoker years and years ago. I no longer want to pollute my body with poisons than need be. Plus - I don't want to stink like that ever again. It really is offensive - but ya don't really notice that when you are a smoker.

Thankgoodness I live over here where they have banned all indoor smoking (apart from their own homes which I'd never go to anyway)!

While I don't think it should be permitted in grocery stores, or clothing outlets, I think it was just fine in a restaurant and I don't really smoke :/ its not like people were purportedly blowing it in non smokers faces.