They and those that believe like them love to proclaim far and wide that the majority of non-smokers hate SHS and devoutly would prefer smoking bans.

Only in their own pompous,vainglorious,power hungry minds are the majority of non-smokers like them. They think it is so;therefore,it 'MUST' be true!!

In states where bans have been on the ballot, about 75% of the non-smokers do not care enough about SHS to register and vote for a ban.

Of those non-smokers that are registered to vote, about 62% of them do not care enough about SHS to vote for a ban.

Antis love to rant and rave about smokers being only a small minority of the total adult population.

Counting cigar smokers(3%) and pipe smokers(1%) with the 21% of adults that are cigarette smokers, we find that smokers are 25% of the adult population.

Non-smokers are about only 75% of the adults and antis are only 25% of that number or about only 19% of the total adult population.

Gary K.
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States where the people voted on a smoking ban and the results:

NEVADA 2006 'Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act'

Non-smoking adults = 1,448,375

Non-smoking registered voters= 771,040

Voted 'Yes' on the NCIAA = 310,524

310,524 is 40% of the non-smoking registered voters

310,524 is 21% of the non-smoking adults
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ARIZONA 2006 Prop.201

Non-smoking adults =3,712,419

Non-smoking registered voters = 2,146,889

Voted 'Yes' on Prop.201 = 623,770

623,770 is 29% of the non-smoking registered voters

623,770 is 17% of the non-smoking adults

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OHIO 2006 Issue 5

Non-smoking adults = 6,681,360

Non-smoking registered voters = 6,099,360

Voted ' Yes' on Issue 5 = 2,234,528

2,234,528 is 37% of the non-smoking registered voters

2,234,528 is 33.4% of the non-smoking adults
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FLORIDA 2002 Question 6

Non-smoking adults = 11,091,600

Non-smoking registered voters = 7,348,864

Voted 'Yes' on Question 6 = 3,501,161

3,501,161 is 47.6% of the non-smoking registered voters

3,501,161 is 31.6% of the non-smoking adults
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The four state average for voting 'Yes' on smoking ban laws is only 38.4% of the non-smoking registered voters and only 26% of the non-smoking adults!!!

Sources

Population:
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/04000.html

Smoking Rates:
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparemaptable.jsp?ind=80&cat=2

State Results:
http://election.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchiv...te=11/5/2002&DATAMOD

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2002/pages/states/FL/index.html

http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/ElectionsVoter/results2006.aspx

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G06/NV.phtml

http://secretaryofstate.biz/elections/voter-reg/2006/

http://secretaryofstate.biz/elections/results/2006State.../ElectionSummary.asp

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2006/gener...NPR&SECTION=POLITICS