[GarySpFc]

I have been a multiple lines insurance agent for over 36 years. I cannot think of one life and health insurance company that doesn't give a "large discount" to nonsmokers. We now have good statistics, and know for a fact smoking is suicide on the installment plan. We also know for a fact that second hand smoke is very dangerous. I realize smokers see their liberty being infringed on by nonsmokers. Smokers have a right to smoke in their homes, cars, outdoors, etc., but they do not have a right to smoke where the public will encounter second hand smoke.

[therut]

Sorry I do not buy the second hand smoke studies.

[mugs99]

We also know for a fact that second hand smoke is very dangerous

ROFL!
California "knew for a fact" that second hand smoke could cause breast cancer...until it was pointed out that breast cancer has increased as smoking has decreased.
.

[MileHi]

We also know for a fact that second hand smoke is very dangerous.

Um, no we don't know that for a fact

[MileHi]

..., but they do not have a right to smoke where the public will encounter second hand smoke.

If you mean government buildings, maybe. If you mean private businesses, none of your business.

[newsworthy]

People will always have the "freedom" to kill themselves with overindulgence and other bad habits, but with that freedom comes responsibility. It seems unfair that responsible people have to pay huge sums for plans that offer negligible preventive care so that the system can afford to pay for the inevitable health crises of gluttons, smokers and drug-users.