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... The Exponent - Purdue's Independent Student Newspaper CAMPUS CITY FEATURES OPINIONS SPORTS COMICS CLASSIFIEDS HOME ABOUT US ARCHIVES ADVERTISING CONTACT US SEND LETTER SUBMIT AD West Lafayette desperately needs smoking ban "No Smoking." These are the signs that will be hung conspicuously in practically every restaurant and bar in West Lafayette if the reintroduced smoking ban passes at the April 3 City Council meeting.

It's about time.

All of this nonsense with "freedom of choice" to smoke is simply ridiculous.

How about this for choice?

I have asthma.

I have no choice in this matter.

When I go to the bars or sit in a smoky restaurant, I have trouble breathing.

Now, I know that you might say I have the choice to abstain from going to the bar or a restaurant that has a smoking section.

But let me explain something to you.

It's called practicality.

I should not have to sit in my house so that my health will not be jeopardized.

Unfortunately, when a smoker lights up, it affects someone other than him.

It affects me.

According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 17 percent of new diagnoses of lung cancer are non-smokers.

The American Cancer Society also reports that six out of every 10 patients with lung cancer will die within one year of diagnosis and eight of out every 10 patients will die within two years of diagnosis.

When will the smoke clear so that we will be able to see the truth about the effects of smoking?

Bars and restaurants' business i...

... WIVB TV4 Buffalo, NY - Were Buffalo Employees Improperly Exposed to Asbestos?

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