An interesting topic.
Of the two things I love above all else with skiing one is the sense of getting away from the grime and grind of the real world and ascending into an unspoiled landscape of breathtaking views and cool crisp air...
Now in a club or pub (where I may choose to go) I don't mind the smoke at all. Free choice 'n' all. In fact sometimes it adds (if you'll excuse the pun) to the atmosphere. I don't smoke but that's my choice and others are free to do what they wish.
I remember a trip up a beautiful drag lift last year. An old gent (an instructor no less) was smoking a cigar on the way up, and my word did it smell good. Blue skies, fresh piste and that subtle smell. Magical.
Conversely if I were at the only restaurant half way down a mountain run this type of attitude would irritate the hell out of me...
snowb4ndit wrote: ...Non smokers who sit outside and still complain about the smoke. I feel like telling them to 'go forth and multiply'...
If I'm a non smoker then I do indeed feel I have a right to sit outside, admire the view and enjoy my meal and not have someone else's second hand smoke waft all over me!! I fully respect an individual's right to do anything they please providing it doesn't impact on those around them.
Imagine I saw nothing particularly wrong in relieving myself up against a tree in a deserted forest. Now it would make an unpleasant smell, may well be offensive to others, may represent a heath risk, would disperse into the ground / air in a couple of minutes, but would probably put someone off their lunch. Now I might chose to do so in that deserted forest, but I wouldn't do it 2 feet away from a table with a family of four who are probably trying to enjoy the best week of their year that they've spend the last 51 weeks saving up for...
For me not inflicting my habits on others is just a respect thing, like not pushing in, or watching your language when there are kids around.
End of rant.
Owen.