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The first paragraph is so full of BS that it is almost unbelievable.
It's already been admitted by the CDC, where they get these figures from, that there is NO WAY to prove that these figures are even in the realm of a magnitude of closeness to actual fact. But the antismokers know that if you can get the media to repeat something often enough it will be accepted as truth.

The third paragraph is misleading. Sunshine is also a carcinigen and cotonine is also found in the bloodstream of people that eat certain vegetables.
Do we ban sunshine and these particular vegetables?

What does all this mean to community associations? Let's start with the inescapable conclusion that ETS is a known carcinogen that causes the deaths of tens of thousands of nonsmokers every year.

Again, a BS statement.

We do not yet know how minimal the exposure must be before a person suffers deleterious effects from ETS, so we must assume that any exposure is too much, especially to those who may be particularly sensitive, such as children.
"We don't know", "We must assume", "IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN", typical leftist verbage.

And then at the very last we have your premise, "The growing number of lawsuits relating to smoking in the workplace, smoking in restaurants and other public places, and even smoking in one's own home sends a solemn and stark message to community leaders around the country: Nonsmokers are the majority"
There it is. Mob rule.

I've said it before cinFLA, you may be a quite rational person on other threads but anything having to do with tobacco you become a statist monster.

Why didn't you finish the quote:

"Nonsmokers are the majority, and they are becoming very determined not to let the smoking minority affect their health. An old adage says, "Your right to swing your fist ends at my nose." The "right" to smoke, if there is one, ends at the same place—the nose of the nearest nonsmoker."

It is not mob rule, but the rule of law to protect the rights of non-smokers.