Jump to full article: Toledo (OH) Blade, 2008-08-17
Author: Louann Cummings
Intro: I read Blade staff writer Julie McKinnon’s July 24 story, “Smoke-ban foes support effort to gain exemptions,” with great interest. I was captivated by the comments of Pam Parker and Bill Delaney in opposition to Ohio’s smoking ban.
I am a lung cancer survivor. You will receive little feedback from people like me, for most are either critically ill or dead . . .
Despite the fact that the organizers of the meeting at Sommerset Hall want “to let people know exactly what is going on,” 85 percent of lung cancers are related to smoking.
Nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke at home or at work increase their risk of developing lung cancer by 20 percent to 30 percent.
To posit that “Ohio’s draconian smoking ban has financially hurt bars, private clubs, and other businesses” is preposterous in contrast to the interests of the common good and the general public.
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