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LETTER: Victims of secondhand smoke are many; open your eyes to see truth 

In response to Bart Williams' Dec. 10 letter "Hospitals show lack of respect in imposing smoking bans": He states that no one can name anyone who died from secondhand smoke. Heather Crowe died in May of 2006 from lung cancer as a result of secondhand smoke.

In fact, secondhand smoke causes approximately 3,400 deaths from lung cancer and approximately 46,000 deaths from heart attacks each year in the U.S. . . .

I just wanted Williams to know that there are names of people who have died from diseases caused by exposure to secondhand smoke out there, but you have to open your eyes and see the truth about tobacco to find them. He may not feel that the hospitals are showing respect, but they are; they are respecting all of their patients and staff, both smoking and nonsmoking, by providing clean air and a good example.

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