Are you a smoker?  If so, I bet you find it fairly hard to find somewhere to smoke when you’re not at home.  Legislators and advocates have pushed more and more for smoke free cities, buildings, and workplaces.

Smoke-free laws are stated as designed to protect people primarily from the effects of second hand smoke.  Just in case you haven’t caught a truth.com commercial lately, cigarette smoke increases the risk of heart disease, cancer, emphysema, an annoying cough, stained teeth, yellow fingers, lack of energy, and the annihilation of pancreases, kidneys, and livers.

If you get out enough, surely you’ve seen smokers standing in the rain, standing in the cold, or even driving with the sunroof open.  In 1990, San Luis Obispo CA became the first city in the world to ban indoor smoking in all public places.  California was the first state to initiate state wide bans in 1998.  As of April 2009, 37 states had some form of a smoking ban.

I’m not a smoker, but I know a few people that would like to know….

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