... except for one thing:

>> ... and they don't object to laws such as smoking bans in restaurants
>> and other private businesses even though the underlying principle
>> is that individuals can't think for themselves.

The underlying principle of the ban on smoking in restaurants has little to do with the smokers and mostly to do with other patrons who are not smokers and don't want to have to breathe second-hand smoke while eating. It is one of the few such restrictive regulations which I support.

----- jim o\-S