Are the anti-smoking bigots going too far?

Question

My local hospital has banned smoking even in its grounds now. A nurse was murdered in East Anglia due to the fact that she had to smoke outside the relative safety of her hospital grounds. Lung cancer through 'passive smoking' seems to be some kind of convenient medical excuse despite the fact we have to inhale carbon monoxide and diesel fumes from cars. Finally, the people voted as numbers one and two greatest Britons of all time were Winston Churchill and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Undoubtedly smokers! Adolf Hitler, however, was a rabid anti-smoker. When you think of the way anti-smokers act or speak towards smokers, don't you sometimes think that Hitler may have succeeded in a small way somewhere along the line. (Great! Hitler's just committed suicide! I'm gasping! We can have our final *** in the bunker now!)

Answer 1

I think it is ridiculous. The governments are going too far. They have no right to tell private companies what they can or cannot do. If I owned a restaurant I would let smokers in just to get a fine so I could appeal it. The next thing they will be telling us that we cannot smoke in our own homes. I am not a smoker but the minute the government makes it illegal, is the minute I start smoking.