I considered starting a fistfight or having he and his two drunken cronies arrested

I've had to pick up friends from the hospital several times after they got drawn into a fight with a drunken person, or a group of the drunk's friends after my friends 'won' the fight they didn't pick in the first place. Myself, I've managed to avoid getting into any such fights, I find it easier to leave humiliated than to end up in a hospital.

Oh, and I lost one good friend due to a drunk driver, and have another friend who lost a parent...

On the positive side, nobody I know has died or ended up in a hospital as a result of second hand smoke. So right now I actually do consider the effects of drinking on others more dangerous than second-hand smoke. Maybe the balance will change as I get older, although I hope not. Now I have to find that piece of wood to knock on.