No! It is not a "hearts and minds" battle. It is a battle of property rights!
As many have said before on this very thread, the government should not have the right to tell the business owner that they will not permit that owner to allow a legal substance on his property!
I fully recognize how smoking bans violate property rights and just about every time this topic comes up I emphasize the property rights angle to any poster who supports a ban.
I think you may have misunderstood what I meant by the "hearts and minds" comment. My point wasn't about what arguments we should make, but how we should make those arguments and how we should conduct ourselves when advocating our position.
The simple truth is that those of us fighting for freedom face an uphill battle. Many of our opponents have been conditioned to view smokers as evil, selfish, and dirty. Similarly, our education and legal systems have grossly distorted the understanding of "property rights" for the average person.
That's why it's critical for pro-freedom types to stay calm and rational in our advocacy. If we allow the debate to become a contest of personalities, we allow this flawed thinking to go unchallenged.