The EPA has been accused before of manipulating the facts in its studies. The results of studies and surveys can easily be manipulated to serve anyone's purposes. But, let's give the EPA the benefit of the doubt. Let's just assume that ETS is so dangerous that smoking should be banned in public places. If that is true, the government should start banning everything that has been shown to cause a danger to anyone.
Reports show that red meat and other high-cholesterol and fatty foods can cause heart disease.
Therefore, all fast food restaurants will have to switch to a tofu-based menu or close. Repetitive typing can cause carpel tunnel syndrome, therefore employers will no longer be able to require their employees to type. Bad drivers can cause stress and a raised blood pressure level in good drivers, therefore driving will be outlawed. Of course these three examples are ludicrous. The point we are trying to make is that bans of legal products and activities are not the way to go.