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KOPTA: COMMUNITY COMMENT: No good reason to stop smoking ban 

I was disappointed in the deadlock City Council vote in the effort to tighten the smoking ban in Evansville. I thought the testimonies were excellent and I just couldn't understand the motives of those councilmen who voted no. . . .

I had a conversation with her about this being a health issue but she didn't get it. Emotion was high in the back row. Indeed, during the two-hour proceeding, several people walked out saying they had to "have a smoke."

Someday after I retire from my present position as a St. Mary's health care advocate, I plan to work in a hospice. I will no doubt be taking care of smokers who are going to have to deal with the ravages of lung cancer, heart disease, strokes, and COPD. I do feel sorry for the fact that they are hooked, but I wish they would do what it takes now to quit this dreadful tobacco habit.

There is help out there, even if it is not presently coming from our legislators.

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