Monday, March 5, 2007
After reading the commentary piece by Cassie Gentry, I got a little frightened that I may be killing people inadvertently! Then I wizened up and decided to do some research.
In the Surgeon General’s Report from 1987, it states that “sustained exposure to second-hand smoke was equivalent to smoking about two cigarettes a day.” Scary, until you learn that sustained means to “maintain at length without interruption or weakening.” In other words, if you sit in a room for more than thirty minutes and are continuously breathing in second hand smoke, you are at risk for much of the same health risks as a smoker. Smoking inside is obviously bad, because there is little to no ventilation.
Gentry also mentions how many chemicals are found in second hand smoke, and how detrimental to non-smokers these are. This is also scary until you realize “(smoke) is diluted by the air in the room before it is inhaled and is therefore less concentrated than second hand smoke (alone),” according to the Office of Health and Safety.
If you are merely passing through a cloud of smoke on your way inside a building, or vice versa, even the Surgeon General wouldn’t deem that a serious health risk.
Tera Carlile, Liberal junior
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Letter to the Editor: Anti-smoking scare tactics misleading
Driving behind or walking near the KU buses hurts my lungs a lot worse than walking past someone for two seconds while they smoke a cigarette.
Letter to the Editor: Anti-smoking scare tactics misleading
The point is that I shouldn't have ANY added health risks or exposure to chemicals because of YOUR addiction. You have the right to smoke, but not to expose me to it.
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