Wednesday, June 25, 2003

There are 80 to 90 percent nonsmokers as opposed to 10 to 20 percent smokers. Restaurant owners and city/county officials, who are you catering to? You should pick the bigger percentage.

Smokers should not have a small area, due to the harmful effects of secondhand smoke; they should have no area.

Smokers can refrain from smoking for an hour or so. I know: Look at the nonsmoking international flights. This would protect the health of adults and children.

Most of all, I feel sorry for the children of the smokers. Some parents have so little regard for their children that they force their own children to inhale their deadly smoke.

I am for a complete ban on smoking in all public places, including outside public places.

Ban smoking now!

Joseph M. Coles

Peachtree City, Ga.