Week 2 : Smokers' Rights

1.   I think the main purpose to this article is to inform us about the affects smoking can have on people mainly in residential areas and populated places.  The question they ask "Should people be allowed to smoke at home?" I think is a great question because second hand smoke can be such a problem and cause damage to peoples lives because smoking in public places and around smokers all the time can be harmless for just about anybody around. I do not think they can stop allowing people to smoke at home because its their own home and that would be an intrusion of privacy if that had happened. This article also discuss how they want to ban smoking in apartments and condos because of the other people around. Mainly senior citizens complain because they are being affected most and are trying to ban smoking in many areas completely.

2. I do not think smokers that are U.S citizens are victims of discrimination. Many of the smokers try to quit at least once in their lives. All smokers are aware that it is in no way healthy to smoke and they realize it can cause damage to them and bad for their health. It is also a choice to do so and they chose to smoke. I do not think that makes them victims of discrimination, its just a bad habit.