I think you failed to see the relativity of the situation and the effect of having dominion over your life by domineering others that do not share your point of view.

Laws diminish freedom and protect others.
Strict laws remove freedom and blind others.

Strict laws are born from logical laws which are made by people who are offended. No ifs or buts.

When you decide a law is too strict is relative to your reality.

Unilateral laws are made by binary people who have no idea of the diversity of desires of a general population and only have empathy for their kind. People who want uniformity by restricting/stopping others from doing what they would not do.

The fact that smoking is bad for you is not the issue here. The fact that we have people addicted is. The fact that laws prevent people from creating a place for smokers to meet is.

Consider that there is nothing in this life that is truly a necessity apart from keeping the human body alive. Everything else is an indulgence, irrational, pointless, and stupid but we do it anyway. So choose your addiction carefully. One day someone will not like seeing you indulge in something they would not do and pass a law against it.

Who knows, maybe some day some country out there will outlaw bubble gum… oh, wait!