In this new video from the Institute for Humane Studies, "Smoking Bans: Banning Freedom," Professor Aeon Skoble discusses how the focus of smoking bans around the country has been framed as "smokers rights vs. non-smokers rights," and he explains how such a view misses the forest for the trees. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwIUfLttd0A
The real, underlying, and all-to-often overlooked issue, is that of the restaurant or property-owners rights.