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From: rasp@bmcg.UUCP
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Subject: why smoke?
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Date: Tue, 19-Jun-84 12:22:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 19 12:22:20 1984
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I'm curious about something:

     Are ex-smokers more sensitive to second hand smoke than
     non-smokers?

In my own case I smoked from ages 13  through  32.   In  the  ten
years  since  I  quit,  I've  taken  up  running.   I can't stand
second-hand  cigarette  smoke!   Physically,  I  find   it   very
uncomfortable  and psychologically, I feel that it is threatening
to my own health.  I think that I avoid being  a  jerk  about  my
anxieties; but, I don't hesitate to ask people not to smoke in my
office.

The question is, do any other retired  smokers  think  that  THEY
might  be  even  more sensitive than those who have never smoked?
Has there ever been any clinical examination of this phenomenon?


I am curious, but no longer yellow (fingered)

Ron Perloff