text: I have lived in an area where there is a total smoking ban in restaurants and bars...actually any public place and it's great.  The way I look at it I have a RIGHT to breathe smokers need to respect that right.  In Ottawa there was a case where a waitress who had never smoked developed lung cancer...it was one of the things that influenced the smoking ban.\n\nIn short I think that Yes you have the right to enjoy your meal without breathing in smoke. \n\nI also don't understand when they say that denying smoking would hurt business.  I know my friends and I ... all non smokers go out much more now that we know we won't come home smelling of second hand smoke.