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From: bormanp@ihlpf.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: "Re: Smoking . . . (Slow Motion Suicide) - (nf)"
Message-ID: <130@ihlpf.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Jun-83 10:00:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: ihlpf.130
Posted: Mon Jun 13 10:00:44 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jun-83 10:59:25 EDT
Organization: BTL Naperville, IL
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ihlpf!burris    Jun 13  9:39:00 1983

"...the burden of proof lies on the claimant..."
Do you actually believe this nonsense or are you just arousing debate?

When I am in a room with smokers, my eyes burn, my contacts fog up,
my sinuses burn, my nose starts running and if I am eating, I find
the smell quite a damper to my appetite. I hate to go to the beach
and see it littered with cigarette butts. I hate to go into ANY
public place and find cigarettes crushed out on the floor. I hate
going into the rest room and finding a half dozen butts in the
urinal. I hate being physically burned by someone who is waving
their cigarette inadvertently. When enclosed in a vehicle with
someone who is smoking I have found it makes me nauseous and gives
me headaches.

Considering all of this, I am now asked to PROVE that the smoker is
causing DAMAGE to my health before I may ask for legislation to
prevent my exposure to undesirable effects such as I have listed
above.

I agree that legislation is not a magical solution to problems and I
honestly wish that ALL smokers would consider the annoyance that
their smoking causes to others. However, I know that this will not
happen. Therefore, I am now and will continue to be in favor of
legislation which requires well ventilated non-smoker areas in enclosed
public places which allow smoking OR to disallow smoking in these
places if the requirements are not met.

Dave Burris
ihlpf!burris
BTL - Naperville