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I enjoy the freedom of not having to endure your smoking activity in a pub and restaurant. Your 'infinite pleasure' used to make my clothes stink disgustingly, throat sore and eyes water. You are of course free to participate in your 'infinite pleasure' as long as you do not inflict it on others Philip. One cigarette is enough to cause discomfort to those near a smoker while a single pint of beer has no such impact.
So yes, the smoking ban is all about freedom. Smoker's have brought it on themselves because of their inconsiderate use of tobacco infringing on other's freedoms.
What you do not allow for Philip - is that smoking is not in any way necessary. You can live, indeed live longer and healthier, without ever smoking a cigarette. It is a vice that lacks any kind of redeeming features that can benefit society. You mention cars - they are very useful and essential to the economy, junk food is a choice we have but it is one that only affects the person who eats too much of it, air travel is very useful too, etc etc.
Smoking is indeed the bad guy because quite simply it is a smelly, indiscriminate in who it effects, disgusting, unhealthy drug habit. It is not necessary and has nothing at all to redeem it.
I find it bizarre that smokers seem to go into denial over the impact it has on others, not to mention themselves. Well, I suppose someone who can disregard the cancer and heart attack risk to themselves cannot be expected to consider the discomfort to others and impingement upon the freedom it use causes in enclosed spaces.