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A couple of months ago, the owner of the apartment next door to me rented it to two chain smokers who are retired and in their seventies. They have both had strokes. They invite a friend over, and they sit outside on the walkway and smoke all morning and afternoon, so I have to keep my door shut to keep the smoke out of my apartment. The owner of their apartment of course will not allow them to smoke inside the apartment, he doesn’t want a smoke smell on his furniture or walls. OK, I guess, if it gets all over mine.

I have to walk through their smoke to get to the stairs. These people have no regard for not only their own lives, but the lives of others. They are only concerned with their own comfort level and enjoying themselves. They have no problem complaining if someone else makes a lot of noise, as apparently, they feel it is not ok for THEM to be annoyed. People like these make me sick both figuratively and literally.

My father died from emphysema, and it is a horrible way to die, you actually suffocate from lack of oxygen because your lungs cannot release the carbon dioxide and therefore oxygen cannot get into your lungs.

I guess the fact that these people smoke indicates their intelligence level, which explains their complete lack of consideration for others. Although I have known retarded people with better manners.

Let’s leave personal opinion and the health effects out of this for a minute and simply look at the legal aspect of smoking.

Your right to drive a SUV and to eat meat is not under dispute here. Please do not lump me in with other people who seek to narrow what Americans can do.

In the eyes of the law, smoking is a PRIVILEGE, not a right. Therefore, it can be limited, and yes, even revoked. There is case law that shows this. (It’s packed away in one of several boxes that got packed when I changed fields, and I’m a secure enough person that I don’t need to spend hours looking through boxes just so I can cite specific cases and legal authors to prove this point.) However, for many reasons, mostly political and financial, the federal government as well as some state governments, are not about to take smoking away, which answers your sarcastic question about “picking daisies.” But they CAN, because smoking is NOT a legal right.

The comparison between smoking and drinking was done purely from a legal standpoint. Drinking is a privilege. So is smoking. No comparison of health risks nor danger to others was made. Please do not get into Prohibition and how it was repealed thanks to the Mafia. Smoking is probably not going to be banned by the federal government for many of the same reasons Prohibition was eventually repealed, but the point remains. Both are privileges, not rights, and as such can be regulated.

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission sent a message to bar patrons last week.

TABC agents and Irving police swept through 36 Irving bars and arrested about 30 people on charges of public intoxication. Agency representatives say the move came as a proactive measure to curtail drunken driving.

North Texans interviewed by NBC 5, however, worried that the sweep went too far.

At one location, for example, agents and police arrested patrons of a hotel bar. Some of the suspects said they were registered at the hotel and had no intention of driving. Arresting authorities said the patrons were a danger to themselves and others.

Ex: Animal rights groups rally to stop people from consuming meat and poultry products. While their cause is a noble one, it is just… silly.

Ex: Environmental activists protest against the contamination of our lands and use of oil. All the while, they drive trucks.

Believe me when I say this, if smoking didn’t reek - Jenny would have not said these things. Period.

In addition, I’d like to point out that if it weren’t for the tobacco giants, meat and poultry meatpacking plants, oil companies, etc… - many of us would not have jobs. These companies help make our economy flourish.

By shutting down these companies, Jenny - what would you have us do? Pick out daisies and sing songs?

She also contradicted herself by comparing smoking to drinking. It is proven that drinking is far more dangerous than smoking, because it has caused car accidents and claimed the lives of many human beings.

On a light note, I definitely support the idea of smoking ban in the bars and restaurants! :)

By the way, I am a cigarette-smoking carnivore who drives a SUV. But hey, I hold a decent job, donate money to charities and pay taxes. Thanks.

According to the article, there will be procedures for setting up designated smoking areas in public. Also, residences, backyards, patios, and the like will be okay as long as they don’t abut a common area. So it’s not a complete, total ban on smoking everywhere in Calabasas, but it’s definitely intended to curtail smoking and secondhand smoke where possible. Will be interesting to see how this one plays out…