Well, Saint Louis has adopted a smoking ban for all public facilities, with only a small number allowances. I’m so sick and tired of my legal rights being eliminated, I’m tired. I don’t understand why non-smokers have such a stong personal judgement on what we smokers do. Everyone knows that smoking is risky, but I made a conscience decision when I began smoking, observant of the fact it was harmful. Just because non-smokers want me to cease, won’t mean that it is going to happen. Smoking in bars has been a privilage, but most restaurants have a chosen smoking room. If non-smokers do not want to inhale the smoke, don’t sit in the smoking room, you are not unwilling made to sit in that section. And as well as the employees of these restaurants that argue they are affected by second hand smoke, prove it. I worked in the service industry for more than 10 years, and I know that most of thepeople I worked with were smokers. Dealing with the public, if anything, compels you to puff. Also, I have never heard any non-smoking co-worker ever protest about cigarette smoke while at work in the smoking room. Putting a smoking restriction in restaurants and bars, can only save me money, because I won’t eat out after the first of the year.