Reducing exposure to tobacco smoke in public places.
Jump to full article: The New Times (rw), 2007-11-02
Author: STEPHEN RWEMBEHO
Intro: Are there smokers in your workplace or at home? Then, there are good reasons for you to get them to quit, or at least stop smoking around you.
If you are exposed to someone else's cigarette smoke, you risk having many health problems. You may not smoke but the second-hand smoke which you are exposed to puts you at risk of several health problems.
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We live in a country where smoking in bars and restaurants, etc is already banned, how is the ban enforced where you are? But the ban has not been a success at all and people continue to be silent about It.!
Asking someone who is smoking near you not to smoke is not easy. Let smokers know that you are not objecting to the fact that they smoke but you are asking them not to smoke near you.
Be firm but polite. It is between life and death and you cannot afford to be silent. Smokers too should learn to accept situations where they are offended by non smokers who tell them to keep distance. The too offend many non smokers and their rights do not over weigh the latter's.
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