People go absolutely nuts when they hear of the government relaxing controls on environmental pollutants, they want more controls placed on processes that pollute the land, water and air, yet they consider it their right to pollute the hell out of their surroundings and others are supposed to bow to that "it's my right" thing.

Companies found responsible for polluting land and water are subject to lawsuits and slammed for infringing on citizens' rights to live in a healthy environment, but if individuals want to puff their lungs out and subject those around them to (for the sake of argument) debatably hazardous substances in high concentration, that's supposed to be OK?

A governmental initiative like has the potential to selectively squash small business, so I'm against the ban for this reason, but the 'smokers' rights' argument baffles me.