who has a 'stronger' right, the smoker or the non-smoker?

I think smokers & non smokers have "EQUAL" rights!!! However, in your case, it is your father's house & he allows you to live there. Therefore, I feel it is HIS right to smoke in HIS house!!! Since you're the one with the problem with smoking, maybe it is time you get your own home or stay away from him & stay in your room!!! On the other side...if your father moved into your home, I feel it is YOUR home & YOU have the right to declare it "smoke free" & he should respect YOUR wishes. Unfortunately, that is not the case!!!! Smoking is VERY addictive & it becomes extremely difficult for the smoker to just stop.

That's a hard thing to say. I just say that since smoking is something someones chooses to do and air is public to a point where smoke travels, you initially can harm someone else. If you want to think about it, if you accidentally hurt someone because of what you are doing you can be held legally liable, but in smoking it's not the case. Everyone does have a right, but if everyone is smoking and there is no clean air to breath then what does the non-smoker have to do?

Everyone has rights. A smoker has the right to smoke. After all it is their body. non-smokers also have rights. We are all breathing the same air. we need to have respect for each other and our rights. i don't think anyone's right is stronger than another's.

You're right, we all have the right to breath this world's air, but smokers pollute it and poison people in their surrounds, so I believe that non-smokers have the right of not having to breath stinky and poisoned air. Smokers always are making excuses, like they smoke because it relieves stress, or because they need to smoke while they drink, but they wanting to die quickly is not the non-smokers fault, so they should try to be always far from non-smokers when smoking in my opinion.

Let's put this in these perspectives: If a smoker is smoking in a place designated as a smoking area, then he/she has every right to smoke. If the smoker is in a place for the general public where there is a mix of smokers and non-smokers, then, non-smokers have the upperhand. Meaning, non-smokers have the right to breath air that is free from smoke. It's the non-smokers who are inconvenienced and we all known that second hand smoking is more fatal than actual smoking, thus, it is the responsibility of smokers to avoid causing inconvenience and health risks to the people around him/her.

I am smoker, and I know how's the feeling. Therefore I will choose to smoke with my fellow smoker or go outside in the open air so no smoke will floating around too long.

the non-smoker because the smoker is invading the non-smokers space and could damage his lungs by second-hand smoke.

God provided the air for all of us and He made clean and fresh and wants it stay clean and fresh so we could all live a healthy life. Now I think nobody has the right to pollute this gift of God. Yes, the smokers have the right to inhale the air that God gave us but this does not mean he also has the right to smoke anymore and pollute the air wherever he stays. It is not acceptable to say that smokers don't have the intention to do so because it is only a by-product. If he did not smoke the stick then the product will not come out. It is a foolish and selfish action to pollute the whole surroundings, especially an enclosed place like home and let all the members of the house inhale the dangerous second-hand smoke. Surely, if you father will continue with his irresponsible action, then I would say you better just live him all alone lest you all die of lung cancer. I mean if a smoker wants to die out of his addiction to nicotine then don't let others who don't smoke suffer just as well. Now if you father's heart and mind have been made numbed by nicotine then it is better to just leave him. Sorry but if I were in your place, that is all that I could do.

For me the one who are not to smoke because they must to be strict to there health they are the one who suffer most than them.

This is a conflicting issue but it's up to everyone to respect each others rights. Nobody gets stronger rights. Everybody is equal. We should all be aware about others rights. If we want respect we should also respect others. I get your point and it's sad that most of us neglect or too insensitive to respect others rights.

I really believe it's the non-smokers who have the right..without a doubt. Smokers pollute our clean air. They do have the right to smoke but some restrictions should be imposed since smoking disrupts the rights of others. Non-smokers have the heavier burden since they can risk having a lung disease from the polluted air created by a smoker. While a smoker, obviously doesn't have much concern towards his/her health will have a much less burden.