['SMOKING', 'RESTRICTIONS', 'Public', 'smoking', 'laws', 'are', 'unnecessary', 'government', 'yegulation.', 'Occasional', 'differences', 'between', 'smokers', 'and', 'nonsmokers', 'are', 'best', 'handled', 'through', 'common', 'sense,', 'courtesy,', 'and', 'cooperation.', 'Mutual', 'consideration', 'and', 'voluntary', 'action', 'is', 'the', 'answer,', 'not', 'government', 'control.', 'Laws', 'to', 'control', 'personal', 'behavior', 'and', 'lifestyles', 'do', 'not', 'work;', 'alcohol', 'prohibition', 'during', 'the', '1920’s', 'is', 'a', 'glaring', 'example.', 'Many', 'private', 'businesses', 'and', 'a', 'growing', 'number', 'of', 'hotels', 'and', 'restaurants', 'institute', 'smoking/nonsmoking', 'sections', 'as', 'customer', 'preference', 'is', 'perceived.', 'Business', 'leaders', 'seek', 'to', 'accommodate', 'customers,', 'patrons', 'and', 'employees', 'voluntarily,', 'on', 'their', 'own,', 'without', 'government', 'interference', 'and', 'legislation.', 'Legislation', 'is', 'often', 'vague', 'and', 'arbitrary,', 'denying', 'constitutional', 'guarantees', 'of', 'due', 'process', 'and', 'equal', 'protection.', 'If', 'legislation', 'is', 'adopted,', 'it', 'should', 'take', 'into', 'account', 'the', 'rights', 'of', 'both', 'smokers', 'and', 'nonsmokers.', 'Ultimate', 'authority', 'for', 'enforcement', 'of', 'public', 'smoking', 'regulations', 'usually', 'falls', 'on', 'the', 'police', 'and', 'the', 'courts,', 'and', 'in', 'some', 'cases,', 'public', 'health', 'authorities.', 'All', 'have', 'one', 'thing', 'in', 'common:', 'taxpayer', 'support.', 'At', 'a', 'time', 'when', 'government', 'at', 'all', 'levels', 'is', 'being', 'asked', 'to', 'reduce', 'spending,', 'public', 'smoking', 'legislation', 'can', 'only', 'create', 'an', 'additional', 'burden', 'on', 'the', 'businessman,', 'law', 'enforcement', 'official', 'and,', 'ultimately,', 'the', 'taxpayer.', 'Smoking', 'restrictions', 'and', 'regulation', 'do', 'not', 'solve', 'indoor', 'air', 'quality', 'problems.', 'The', 'answer', 'to', 'the', 'indoor', 'air', 'quality', 'issue', 'is', 'compliance', 'with', 'state/local', 'building', 'codes', 'and', 'ventilation', 'standards.', 'Smoking', 'bans', 'or', 'restrictions', 'that', 'are', 'called', '"clean', 'indoor', 'air', 'acts"', 'are', 'misleading', 'because', 'they', 'do', 'not', 'actually', 'solve', 'indoor', 'air', 'quality', 'problems.', 'Environmental', 'Tobacco', 'Smoke', '(ETS)', 'has', 'not', 'been', 'shown', 'scientifically', 'to', 'pose', 'a', 'health', 'hazard', 'to', 'nonsmokers.', 'With', 'few', 'exceptions,', 'individual', 'studies', 'have', 'significant', 'deficiencies', 'in', 'design', 'and/or', 'execution,', 'or', 'inconsistencies', 'in', 'findings,', 'which', 'make', 'it', 'impossible', 'to', 'draw', 'scientifically', 'valid', 'conclusions.', 'In', 'response', 'to', 'risk', 'assessment', 'of', 'ETS:', 'All', 'of', 'the', 'epidemiologic', 'studies', 'have', 'been', 'criticized', 'for', 'a', 'number', 'of', 'important', 'methodological', 'flaws,', 'including', 'failure', 'to', 'control', 'for', 'confounding', 'factors', 'or', 'account', 'for', 'several', 'significant', 'biases.', 'T11291-1869']