Well mensch, you may be absolutely right about your skepticism about the SG's numbers and I would be hard pressed to convince a numbers guy. Would a negotiated system work in the interests of all parties? Possibly.
Unfortunately that's not often how it works. When a situation is unregulated and and resists regulation, an opposing interest often attempts a remedy that is adversarial, ie smoking restriction instead of filtration and testing. You 'll only see self-regulation when the threat of uncertainty and emminance of restrictions to the status quo is clear.
At this point it would be up to some other party of interest to come up with that solution as a response to the current pendulum swing.
Unfortunately that's not often how it works. When a situation is unregulated and and resists regulation, an opposing interest often attempts a remedy that is adversarial, ie smoking restriction instead of filtration and testing. You 'll only see self-regulation when the threat of uncertainty and emminance of restrictions to the status quo is clear.
At this point it would be up to some other party of interest to come up with that solution as a response to the current pendulum swing.