Smoking Laws and Obese Passengers

These days, smokers have to huddle in small groups hidden in dark alleys to enjoy their habit of choice.

Well, not quite--but it's close.

In Arizona, where I live, you can't smoke indoors. Anywhere! Only the casinos, whose jurisdiction falls to the Indians, allow smoking.

People just aren't in favor of smoking, and there's complaints of second hand smoke and even third hand smoke. And I have to admit, compared to states where you can smoke indoors, it's nice to go home without your clothes reeking.

So, what about overweight airline passengers? For us normal-size folk, it's quite an inconvenience to have part of your seat taken by someone else's rolls of fat.

Not to mention all the associated health costs for the obese.

It's only a matter of time before legislation intervenes and passes regulations that impose some punitive measures on those who are obese.

It's already happened in Alabama.

It'll be interesting to see if financial burden is a greater motivator than heart disease, diabetes, knee and joint problems, hormone abnormalities...

The interesting thing is I've never met someone who couldn't shed weight through exercise and eating less. Is self-discipline the problem? Or is it knowledge?