Why do you non smokers think taxes are always going up, smokers are quiting smoking everyday. Every day a smoker quits smoking his taxes are no longer being paid for. Every person on this planet should go out and buy 1 pack of smokes and see how much tax money is made from smokers for those who do not. A very tired and overly taxed story. Enough already.

LOL, without an opportunity to smoke its a medical excemption from jury conscription!

As a nonsmoker, it's nice to go to a place and not smell smoke. However, have we crossed the line when it comes to a person's rights? This "free" country of ours is slowly bleeding all our rights away. I understand the health issues, but smokers have rights as well, as much as we don't like to admit that. All the county would need to do is figure out a way to better ventilate the room. Look what some airports do. They have smolers rooms and there are no problems with those. Start kissing your rights good-bye...it starts with the obvious and leads next to what we can and can't eat/drink...look at what NYC mayor is wanting to do...

you quite smokin? that good becuz 4 paks a day was bad for you

viva mayors julian castro! he putte thee nasty smokers in thee jail! yes they try to kille you with thee seconds hands smokes! thank you too our powerful latino mayor!

Desron...do you know how much taxes are paid by smokers? They are the highest tax payers among us. In a sense, they are paying for their own care "in their late years". When you start paying the taxes they pay, then you can talk. By the way, I do not smoke.

well now the court house has to be like everywhere else the city has attacked, smoke outside or don't smoke at all. Politicians should not be exempt from the frivolous regulations they impose.

I have never been a smoker and I personally don't care if smokers want to gradually kill themselves. But, many smokers can not afford to pay for health care and when they develop serious health conditions in their late years, they will want to use the public health care system to pay for their care. In other words, tax-payers' monies.

I have been on LONG plane flights, tightly confined with addicted smokers having a nicotine fit. It's not a pretty sight. Blood pressure rises, tempers rise, judgment is impaired. Been on jury duty with smokers that needed the next break to go outside to satisfy their need and could think of nothing else, including the case we were hearing. You take this away from them, you'd better expect confused verdicts and rushed judgments or sentences by those that can't exercise their right to kill themselves slowly.

Once again the powers that be bow to the one person with the big mouth. I do not smoke, but I feel this is a violation of more than that one person's rights! Betcha she comes up with another reason now why she cannot serve.