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As someone who calls himself a libertarian, I should be disgusted at all of the anti-smoking laws that keep getting passed - but deep in my heart, I know that the world is a more tolerable place with less smoking.

I also know that these measures were instrumental in getting me to quit 11 years ago. When I lived in NYC, I could smoke in my office (I had a private office with its own ventilation unit), in bars/clubs (where I did a good portion of my work), and of course in my apartment.

Once we moved to CA, my office was located in an open warehouse, so smoking was verboten. I couldn't smoke at clubs or restaurants. My home was now "our home" and H made it clear that while my smoking would be tolerated, it certainly wasn't appreciated.

Since smoking was no longer something I did while doing something else, I had to make a conscious decision whether or not I wanted to stop what I was doing to go outside and smoke. That didn't last long.

So I'm conflicted, ambivalent, and but ultimately secretly happy with the current state of no-smoking laws.