text: secondhand smoke in a pregnant waitress? okay, here's a new look on the smoking ban. say a yong mom waitresses at a local denny's to earn extra cash. she and her husband have a second child. while she's working, any exposure her "fetus" has to secondhand smoke is dangerous. should she be forced to quit her job to get away from smoke, or risk her child having birth defects or sids? the dangers of secondhand smoke have been proven. hurting your own body with alcohol or drugs is one thing, sitting next to a smoker is another. if smokers were given a seprate room, would a smoking ban be so bad? don't i have a right to enjoy my meal wihout breathing in smoke? i have lived in an area where there is a total smoking ban in restaurants and bars...actually any public place and it's great.  the way i look at it i have a right to breathe smokers need to respect that right.  in ottawa there was a case where a waitress who had never smoked developed lung cancer...it was one of the things that influenced the smoking ban.  in short i think that yes you have the right to enjoy your meal without breathing in smoke.   i also don't understand when they say that denying smoking would hurt business.  i know my friends and i ... all non smokers go out much more now that we know we won't come home smelling of second hand smoke.