I was in a rent-free housing complex for several years while waiting for SocSec to process my disability claim. Even before I finally got out, I was warning others to try to get into a different building, as the management of ours was going to ban smoking, on "slippery slope" sliding -

1. Banned in stairwells. Suposedly because no detectors there - solid steel stairs, brick and cement walls, fire alarms, but no detectors.
2. Four months later, smoking banned in corridors and restrooms. "Some people do not like the smell" sounds legit - except in the three years I was there I did not hear a single complaint.
3. Two months later, banned from the steps and sidewalk in front of the building. Supposedly because police were concerned we were bumming cigarettes from cars - and possibly dealing drugs - and interfering with traffic. In my time there, I saw cars stopped by residents twice - but I will admit perhaps three times a day a car would pull over so as to be able to talk to acquaintances spotted on the sidewalk.
4. Two months later, no smoking on the outside property (eg parking lot) or sidewalks.
5. Six months later, banned from having your door open. Supposedly at the behest of the fire department, which had not complained from 1915 (when the building went up) until 2005. No word on altering doors to open outward rather than inward.

I point this out to people I know who smoke and are still there, and say the next step is to ban smoking entirely - and get told "never happen, they can't tell us what to do in our own room." Hah!

When you look at all causes for accidents, not just distractions, the percentage drops to .0001% (one-ten-thousandth of a percent) according to a study by the California Highway Patrol a few years back.

Oh by the way I don't really give a damn about what other people think of me or my habits.

If there is a way to get their hands into your pockets, New Jersey will think of it and put it into motion.

Remember it was Lautenburg who cost the Airlines Millions and Millions when he missed a flight because of bad weather and he blamed it on the smoke from the Jet Engines. And, guess who really ended up paying for it.

Yes, if there is a way to get some dollars from you, New Jersey will be on hand to take it, by hook or crook. (I mean that literally)

Run with rock. Rock smashes scissors.

Arabs are still pretty good targets, but not as juicy as others, smokers included. Pretty soon, we'll have all the villains smoking, drinking, and running with scissors. And that will be cause enough.