Let's make this easy, in the comfort of your own home you are free to do whatever you'd like for the most part. Once you leave the house you must conduct yourself to the standards & customs set by the community you live in.
So to answer you question, the reason you have to walk halfway to the fricking pitchers mound to have a cigarette is because the community has a whole has decided that their right to not smell/breath cigarette smoke trumps your right to enjoy a cigarette outside your home.
In your own home? Do as you please. But once you leave your home you will need to abide by the laws of the land.
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