When we camp with our kids, there's a campfire going at all times (assuming there's no bans). I'm one of those lucky ones who's allergic to smoke, and it follows me no matter where I sit....LOL! But when it's just Ed and I - we never bother with a campfire. And I *have* asked to be moved to another site if we arrive to find our potential neighbors have a smokey fire going that will be blowing into our site.
As more and more of our pines are killed off by beetles (often transported by campers, sad to say) - we will have more fire bans I predict, simply because the former forests are now a stand of "tinder"