Originally Posted by Geoffrey Collier

B.A. Ware: First, I am not an anti-smoker. I don't smoke, and dislike others smoking near me. I don't play golf, but I'm not anti-golf. There was a time when mokers held sway: reastauranrts, cinemas, theatres, trains, and everywhere else. Few, if any, desisted out of consideration for others; but the non-smokers didn't make a fuss. That situation existed for many reasons, it changed for many reasons, it was'nt the triumph of Fascism over Libertarianism. The mechanism of social change is complex and a contested.
process.

In the late 1950's many country pubs, smartened themselves-up, and became
steak-bars for different socio-economic groups, travelling from different

Like wearing seat-belts in cars, and removing spittoons from pubs, and smoking bans in public places, the protests will be of limited duration. We are an adaptable people.