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May 5: Letters to the Editor
Jump to full article: Lafayette (IN) Journal & Courier, 2008-05-05
Author: Michael C. Crose
Intro: The most comprehensive study ever on secondhand smoke titled "Environmental tobacco smoke and tobacco related mortality" states, "the results do not support a casual relation between secondhand smoke and tobacco related mortality." The study was conducted from 1960 to 1998 with support from the School of Public Health, University of California and the Department of Preventive Medicine, State University of New York.
The facts on this ban are simple and well supported. It will "bring bar and restaurant business down 6.5 to 11 percent" (Dr. Michael Pakko, economist). . . .
OSHA and the Indiana Building and Mechanical Code already give tight guidelines to air quality. By simply enforcing these standards, business owners will have the choice on how to regulate or condition their air to meet those existing codes.
The April 25 letter was correct in pointing out that smoking is not a "civil right." However, it is a liberty that if taken away, will be met with civil disobedience.
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