From http://www.topix.com/forum/city/grand-rapids-mi/TNF99T2R0A6634506/p4

A number of posters have made much ado about the fact that they think SHS kills nonsmokers.

No one has ever said that anti-smokers were very smart.
Smoking bans cause more non-smokers to die!

Since 1965 there has been a 50% decrease in the adult smoking rate.
Since 1990 there have been literally thousands of smoking bans of one sort or another enacted.

Since 1965 the exposure rate to SHS has decreased by 75%.
The stated reason for smoking bans is that SHS exposure 'KILLS' non-smokers and smoking bans are needed to change that!!

In the early 1990's anti smoking groups claimed that 53,000 non-smokers died from exposure to SHS.

In the early 1990's there were about 140,625,000 non-smokers,53,000 deaths means that there was 1 death per 2,653 non-smokers.

In the current era, pro ban groups claim that SHS exposure causes about 65,00 non-smokers to die per year.

There are about 165,000,000 non-smokers these days, 65,000 deaths is 1 death per 2,538 non-smokers.

Sooo, the antis are saying that after a 75% decrease in SHS exposure and literally thousands of smoking bans of one sort or another, "THE DEATH RATE HAS INCREASED AND THUS, SMOKING BANS CAUSE MORE NON-SMOKERS TO DIE"!!!

At the very least, smoking bans and a 75% decrease in SHS exposure have not caused a decrease in the number of deaths.

Why do antis lie so outrageously?
No one has ever said they were very smart!!