If we discuss any issue over right, definitely one would be the loser as there can only be one right that prevails. Effectively we are talking about the same issue. The difference lies in how we approach the same issue from a perspective that is acceptable by our society. In any society, I believe that is the way in which we should live. I evaluate dining facilities from fast food to fine dining.
Smoking is never a subject that restaurants want any input in their reports.
I too have had many a great dining experience marred by smokers, but because it is not requested information, it's not included in my report. Dear Bob, I agree totally with your annoyance over the pleasures of eating out being spoilt by a number of smokers. Here in the UK we have not yet got the legislation that I believe you have in some States and that more and more young people are starting to smoke. BUT when it affects other people in all public places it should not be allowed especially as there is now a medically proved link between passive smoking and lung cancer. Thanks for a very useful and readable e-mail report.