I'm not going to insult your intelligence by arguing that we smokers need an indoor area to practice our vice for reasons of health. Being a smoker is just about the same as saying one could give a rat's hindquarters about personal health. Like a U.S. postal worker, neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night is going to stop a dedicated smoker. Smokers have been, on a whole, far less assertive than postal workers about the conditions we are forced to endure. Second hand smoke is a valid health issue to most non-smokers.
Few people realize that second hand ash is more dangerous to the smokers health.
Second hand ash is when a vicious-hearted gust of wind blows your ash onto the pants leg of the 275 pound defensive lineman walking by you on the way to his next class. This incident brought the need for an indoor, breeze free, smoking area on campus to my immediate attention on a very real and personal way. I watched it tumble gently over the top of the cigarette, pausing a millisecond to split into about 4 fiery chunks before plunging into my right eye. Environmental conditions are my real concern. Once again, I'm not going to play the health card.