My husband had a friend who was a very good musician. He made a pretty good living playing piano in bars. Although he never smoked, of course he was exposed to all that cigarette smoke, even in the nicer bars. He died 2 years ago of lung cancer of the type smokers get.
I know many people on this forum smoke- heck, my brother smokes and my mother used to smoke- and I feel people should be free to smoke if they want to. But until cigarette smoke can be trained to stay out of the nostrils of the non-smokers in the same area, I am grateful that so many public places don't allow smoking.
Maybe they should make some restaurants and bars for "smokers only," including the wait staff and kitchen workers...I am not being facetious, here. I know from my brother and other smoker friends that the craving is miserable and there are times, like the end of a nice meal or at a bar, where smoking adds so much to the enjoyment.
