Jun
27
Eyes, and well everywhere really. Just saw this on a news story online:
WASHINGTON – Separate smoking sections don’t cut it: Only smoke-free buildings and public places truly protect nonsmokers from the hazards of breathing in other people’s tobacco smoke, says a long-awaited surgeon general’s report. Some 126 million nonsmokers are exposed to secondhand smoke, what U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona repeatedly calls “involuntary smoking” that puts people at increased risk of death from lung cancer, heart disease and other illnesses.
We don’t really have smoke free places/restaurants/buildings in my area like some places do but hopefully it will get there over time. Even if I am in the non-smoking section of a restaurant, the smoke bothers me a lot so it would be nice if places could be truly smoke-free. Here’s hoping! Maybe the surgeon general saying secondhand smoke can kill you will do some good.
June 27th, 2006 at 11:55 am
I totally agree, and had not read that, but it definitely agrees with what we think and feel. We’ve often been seated in the “non-smoking” section of restaurants, which is really just a few feet from either the smoking or bar section, and we can smell and almost taste the smoke. It has always bothered Tim, and it bothers me more now. I was used to it before, since Dodie was a smoker. I think I probably have a high chance of something related to second-hand smoke from all the smoke I inhaled from her over the years and decades.
That’s one reason we love to go out to eat at all the new restaurants, shop in our new stores and go to the movie at our theater here in Madison. They are all smoke-free. No separate sections. It’s just so much nicer and cleaner and healthier. 🙂
Wish you had some up there!
July 17th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
I completely agree as well. Georgia (my state) finally passed the no smoking in restaurants legislation, but we live right below Tennessee and eat there more often than we do in Georgia. We request the table farthest away from the smoking area and will wait as long as needed to get that table.
I’m glad that people are finally starting to realize that it’s bad. Hopefully your state will eventually pass similar legislation to Georgia. It’s so pleasant to be able to eat a meal without getting disgusted by the utter inconsideration of others (I realize that’s kind of harsh, but I feel it’s the truth).
🙂