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LETTER: Smoking on campuses endangers students 

I am an employee in the Guam Public School System and have recently discovered something I think should be brought to the attention of parents and people everywhere. One day while I was working, I poked my head inside of a classroom and found several employees smoking. I talked to other employees about this and they said they also have seen or smelled the smoking in that classroom.

I brought the issue to the attention of my administrators but I feel not enough got done. Parents, you need to know that this is going on. Not only is it against school policy, it's against the law (Public Law 21-139).

But more importantly, they are endangering the lives of the innocent students who attend class in that room daily. Secondhand smoke ... contains more than 4,000 chemicals, 40 of which are known to cause cancer! . . .

Go to your child's school and ask questions. Don't be afraid to come forward if you ever discover that this is going on in your school. These children look up to us as parents and educators. We need to be examples to them by obeying laws and taking care of our health. There are children's lives at stake and I feel it my duty, as an educator, to save as many as I can.

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