Never claimed to be inhaling cleaner air outside... merely while enjoying a meal out somewhere I didn't have to cook.
Americans spent more money than they earned last year... first time in a LONG time this has happened. If people didn't spend $38b on cigs, they'd spend it on something else... like maybe a gym membership or something worthwhile. Thats how the economy works. Stats show people don't save money, so if you give them more money (remove cigs from their vice list), they will spend that saved money elsewhere, spurring the economy from a different direction.
I don't give a shit if you smoke outside or in your house, but inside in a public place is just rude. I wouldn't fart in an elevator (and I'm sure if 23% of people farted every time they entered a crowded elevator, they'd outlaw that too) and I wouldn't smoke next to an old lady eating a sandwich. It is simple courtesy, but trashy disrespectful fucks such as yourself weren't courteous enough to refrain from sharing your cancer with others, so laws had to be made. You couldn't govern your own behavior for the best of society, so the gov't did.
Only 23% of Americans smoke you stupid fuck. You are the minority and the majority makes the decisions. Fucking deal with it or go to France*.
http://www.acde.org/common/Tobacco.htm
If you want to argue/debate, do it like a man and use facts... not your "I have no friends to give me counter-opinions so I think I'm right at everything" female-styled emotional debate. Think I'm a close-minded jackass? I live with a socialist and a conservative hippy. Chew on that.