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I have worked on tobacco control for nearly a year now and have friends and family who are smokers. I'm empathetic toward smokers because they are addicts and the majority of them want to quit (1-800-NO-BUTTS). But for those who don't get why people want to control your behavior, it is plain and simple: there is no safe level of secondhand smoke even outdoors. When someone smokes, they are putting other peoples' health at risk. If you buy into the tobacco lies and their P.R. machine, do yourself a favor and look into the history of the product. They have one of the best marketing campaigns ever. Genius really.

If you want to smoke, then do it in private or at least 30' feet away from the public.

Two reasons smoking is not accepted on my property and shouldn't be accepted where public gather:

1. Bad for the Environment: butts, chemicals, child labor, insecticides, petroleum fuel
2. Bad for Public Health: cancer, heart disease, asthma, allergies, death, health care costs

In California, there has been a significant decrease in lung cancer and cancer mortality rates as a whole. Being one of the first to create smoke-free work places and smoke-free dinning, California is the leading state in tobacco control. Cities are even going smoke free. Only 15% of the population smokes in CA and the government is now looking at taxing tobacco and pushing for nationwide tobacco control. I suspect smoking will be a well forgotten thing of the past. Tobacco will stick around, just in a smokeless product.