I must say that, as an ex-smoker, I have found the smoking ban beneficial to my personal needs. I am no longer tempted to light up every time I walk into a smoky bar because there are no more smoky bars. That said, I’m still a staunch supporter of smoker’s rights and business owners rights. I personally would enjoy the world a lot better if it didn’t have any stupid people in it, but I certainly don’t support depriving stupid people of their rights. We just have to learn to live with the consequences of a free society.

Rich Miller is linking to news that Illinois’ smoking ban is now being challenged as unenforceable and unconstitutional. This will be interesting to watch, though I don’t expect the courts to be sympathetic. After all, black robes seem to be highly correlated with paternalism.