I lived in New York City before I lived in Los Angeles, and I had to move out of an apartment after a smoker moved in below me. My apartment smelled like smoke, the air was smoky, my clothes smelled like smoke…it was really unpleasant.

I have a friend who has lung cancer. Go with somebody who does to chemo. You’ll understand what an utter moron you are for smoking and what a rude idiot anyone is who insists on smoking anywhere anyone else will breathe it in.

My notion: One should not smoke anywhere it would be impolite to cast out a big smelly fart. And if the farts are so smelly that they invade the neighbor’s house…is it the neighbor’s duty to put in new walls and a new ventilation system? Or should you stop acting like a science-denying total idiot who’s a bad neighbor to boot?

Smoking in open topped vehicles is of course no different from a pedestrian smoking on the sidewalk.

And what about people living in appartment complexes or duos?
They’d no longer be allowed to smoke even at home because it’s not a “single family detached residence”.

However much I am opposed to smoking and support smoking bans in public (where after all others can and will receive doses of second hand smoke), this ban goes too far even for me.
I’d support maybe a total ban on tobacco and tobacco products, but not a half baked measure like this which treats some smokers differently from others (which will likely be the best way to challenge it).