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Originally Posted by TheNorm
That point is a bit off-key (please excuse the pun).
The "side effect" does not have to be direct - you can be exposed to the effects of someone else drinking. Being put at risk by a drunk driver is equivalent to being put at risk from passive smoking (in my opinion).
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But there are legal measures in effect to reduce the risk of you being harmed by a drunk driver. Prior to the smoking ban there were no measures aimed at protecting the public from passive smoking.