Why state-wide smoking ban is unnecessary

State-wide smoking bans have been passed in many mid-western states in recent years and now Wisconsin is being pressured by activists to do the same. Our own Governor Doyle supports this idea, but in all actuality it is unnecessary and an infringement of our rights.
There is no arguing that smoking is bad for your health and the people around you, but it is still legal. I believe that restrictions and taxes already put on tobacco products have alienated the users enough. It is legal and as long as it stays that way, the restrictions are getting a little out of hand. 440,000 people die each year in the United States from smoking and it needs to be ultimately lowered, but where are we putting our interests? According to the CDC over 300,000 people each year die directly from obesity, and up to 1,000,000 more die from effects of heart failure, clotting, and other diseases/conditions that obesity can be the underlying cause of. So if we really want to protect lives, why aren't we taking half as strong of a stance against the corporations that market extremely unhealthy food to America. This is not a call for government regulation on fast food at all, but it is a counter-example that smoking is not the biggest problem we in America need to be fighting against. If special interest groups paid as much attention to their nutrition and own health, as they do fighting against people making their own choices to smoke, the country would be a much healthier place.
In the article recently presented in class, a poll showed that 69% of Wisconsinites support this ban. It is to restrict smoking from all public places, such as bars, bowling alleys, and restaurants. my personal belief is that business owners should make their own decisions on their establishments. If this number is correct and 69% of people in this state are against smoking in public places, I think it is the prerogative of the business man to eliminate smoking in his place of work. He would sacrifice his smoking clientle to bring in a majority that would support the clean air in his restaurant. It is your choice to go into a place of business that allows smoking period. We need to spend more time looking at our own choices and decisions, and stop worrying and hoping the government will come in and make the "bad smokers" go outside so they can eat their food in peace.