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Brown: Smoking ban should pass 

Sen. David Wysong (R-Mission Hills) has been trying to pass a statewide smoking ban for the past three years. Recently, Wysong has asked the Board of Regents to back his efforts. . . .

As an asthmatic, secondhand smoke is especially harmful to me. . . .

The smoking ban in Lawrence has had obvious positive effects on students. I have appreciated breathing cleaner air as a result of the ban. Gov. Mark Parkinson has said that he will make a statewide smoking ban one of his top priorities.

Consequently, students, faculty and other members of the KU community should urge the Regents to also support a statewide smoking ban. Although people do have a right to endanger their personal health by smoking cigarettes, students, employees and other citizens also have a right to breathe clean air and not contract illnesses and diseases caused by secondhand smoke.

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