Irish Smoking Ban

I see that in the Republic of Ireland they have just brought in a smoking ban in all indoor work places including bars and restuarants and I know that this is the case in some parts of the USA. I just wish that they would bring in such a law here in the UK.
It just seems crazy to me that in an age where health and safety seems to govern all other aspects of our lives that you still can’t go out for a drink or a meal or go to work and not go home stinking of the residue of other peoples discusting habbits.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against anyones right to smoke and don’t like my rights being infringed, its just I think that the right not to smoke is far more important.