No one detests smoking more than I; and, as I grow older, no one is tetchier than I. But even I, with the worst will in the world, must admit that I am seldom inconvenienced these days by the irritating exhalations of smokers. If a pub or a bar is too smoky for me to tolerate, I simply don’t go into it, that’s all. These days, smoke need not get in your eyes.
Theodore Dalrymple, Eating on the streets is a greater evil than smoking, Times Online 25.11.03
