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Originally Posted by Ramrod

Absolutely, I don't think they should.........Ditto.....

I am not that far up my own a*se that I think that non-smokers have a god given right to have all pubs made smoke free but I do wish that smokers scrupulously observed no smoking areas when they are in them.

I, and every smoker I know, always respect non-smoking areas, I, however, have had to endure non-smokers bitching at me when they are sitting in the SMOKING area of a restaurant.

I also wish that smokers would acknowledge that their habit actively bars us non-smokers from entering places that we ideally should be able to go into without being affected by someone elses antisocial actions there.

That's absolute crap, the owner of the establishment is barring you, not the smokers, as I've said more than once, if you feel you can't go to your local pub, complain to the landlord, not to us.

Finally, smokers shouldn't complain about non smokers complaining.....after all, it's not us non-smokers who are actively doing something that harms.

So, because we smoke, we're not allowed to point out persistant whiners? Meh!

It's a bit like muggers complaining that their victims are complaining about being mugged

It's absolutely nothing like it whatsoever.