Everyone is doing it, so I don't see why I couldn't poke fun at Sarkozy too. He recently declared himself against a full-out smoking ban, saying that "it would be strange to forbid smoking in places where tobacco is sold".
Oh yes, so I want the right to drink alcohol in the supermarket (where alcohol is sold) and to have sex in pub toilets (where condoms are sold). Sounds like a light (ah!) argument to me.
When 70% to 80% of the French are in favour of a ban, isn't going against it sort of like ignoring democracy?
EDIT: You know how smoking lobbies always tell you that banning smoking from restaurants will be the end of the world for them? Well they're just talking crap: Scotland banned smoking from pubs (that's right, pub, where people go to drink) and restaurants, and a large chain found they're actually making more profit. A theory I've often defended (I know many people who don't go out at all in France because of the sorry lack of atmosphere of our restaurants), with no actual figures unfortunately.