An interesting thread. My two cents: One: it appears that many of the smokers (and several non-smokers) writing in this thread are, at heart, upset over the loss of control over what they feel is their home away from home. After all, Disney did not announce this new policy as what a great business decision for us, but more along the care and comfort of non-smoking guests. Using that reasoning, Disney may well impose new restrictions in future. For instance, one of the most potent allergies a person can have is to peanuts. Several airlines have stopped serving peanuts on flights since even the floating residue of a peanut can cause an allergy sufferer to have a very adverse reaction. Hence, Disney could, someday, ban peanut products into the
DVC units, on the same principle as banning smoking. It can make one feel that they own nothing but the right to stay in a hotel room for a few weeks each year.
Second, about people who seem to want no smoking anywhere, anytime, even in designated areas: I am always a little suspicious about the true motives of people who complain about walking through a parking lot, or past the entrance of a hotel to go out to their car, etc., complaining about having to walk through a cloud of smoke, and claiming that this brief exposure affects their health and well-being.
Think about it: a rather common method of suicide is for a person to go into their garage, start the car (with the garage door closed, of course), and sit quietly until carbon monoxide causes death (I believe within 15 minutes or so). Now think about walking through the parking lot of Magic Kingdom, for instance. You are literally surrounded by fumes that, if concentrated enough, would kill you within minutes. Yet that same person will complain bitterly about passing within a few feet of a person standing outside smoking a cigarette in that same parking lot.
It does seem a little odd to me that Disney could not, at least, designate a certain number of DVC units as smoking units, preferably all in one wing of a unit building.
Finally, when DH and I visited New York City last December (just after the total smoking ban began for all hotels, restaurants, bars, etc) we stayed at a hotel on Times Square. My DH wanted to smoke in the room, since the designated smoking area was out on the street, in the frigid air. I simply found the maid for our room and asked her if she could clean the smoke smell out of the room for $40.00 per night. She said yes indeed. Given her arsenal of cleaning weapons, I bet she did. Anyway, I imagine that bribery will be on the increase in Disney World in the near future.
Boy, they have us right where they want us, don't they? 
