while I dislike smoking and caution against alcohol consumption in large quantities...

... The what about people pointing the smoking and alcohol related illnesses are not understanding the point.

you expressed it exactly how I was thinking, I'm okay with government mandating medical care or medical treatments or anything healthcare related if it will affect my neighbor if I passively can infect them.

if I'm drinking next to my neighbor, they're not going to get drunk

and I'm smoking next to my neighbor, I will be shamed and named then asked to leave. you can't immediately get infected with lung cancer from secondhand smoke during first exposure.

you definitely can get instructive covid from a one-time exposure