It's interesting to see the situation in different countries and sides in the world. Here in Europe, increasingly smokers are being put aside because of the smell and the raised awareness that the average joe/jane now has about what tobacco smoke really does. I can only talk about what I see and I'm told, and I've had this chat with some friends from various countries.

I totally agree with a free, individual-oriented society where the government can't tell you what you can or cannot do with your body or your property.

But I also agree with an informed society. Whenever I watch a parent smoking with his baby next to him I just feel like killing him. One could argue the parent has the right to do it, it's his cig (he paid for it) and his child, but any conscious human being should object that.. smoker or not.