Smoking?

This article "The right to smoke" says that if letter-writer Brian Cook had his way, no one will have the permission to smoke at their own houses any more. Writer Maxwell doesn't smoke, but he couldn't stand that Brian Cook was about to limit the activities you can do at your own property.
I believe that everyone would agree with writer Maxwell to go against Brian Cook. No one has the rights to control anyone else's private life, especially at their own places. But in this case, we are talking about smoking. I believe that there are many of us out there, trying to convince others to stop smoking, because smoking is just not good for anyone. In this case, it is not a bad idea to stop people from smoking at their houses.
The idea of doing whatever you want to do at your own houses is very good, but i doesn't really work out with smoking here. Emotional appeals can not lead many of us to think the way writer Maxwell does. I think he did poorly on this piece of writing.