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From: seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Air Cleaners
Message-ID: <1388@ihuxl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 08:49:12 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 10 08:49:12 1984
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> The *ONLY* valid complaint a person has about people smoking is the
> effect of the smoke on himself.  If there is no such effect, i.e. if
> the smoke is trapped by a filtration system, he should shut up.

Fine.  You design a filtration system that captures every single
molecule of smoke.  Then market it for a price so low that there
is no excuse for any room in any building in the world to be without
one.

Many modern buildings have "efficient" heating/cooling systems
that give very poor ventilation. (e.g. none, for practical purposes)
For example, the building I'm in keeps the temperature pretty
constant (at least compared to similar buildings), but there
is virtually no ventilation at all.  In talking to the designer,
I found out that the airflow is variable.  If the temperature
is already correct there *isn't any airflow* !!!  Someone pokes
their head in the door with a cigarette, and I get to breath
smoke for hours!  Not acceptable.  The rule of thumb is that
you need at least ten times as much airflow with smokers present
as you do with strictly non-smokers.  'twould be nice if they
actually followed the guidelines.

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