[SheLion]

Secondhand smoke causes lung cancer and other health problems. The EPA estimates that secondhand smoke causes approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths and 37,000 heart disease deaths in nonsmokers each year.

EXCUSE ME! But the Federal Court threw out that 1993 EPA's study in 1998. Funny, isn't it, how that doesn't make the news. And funny isn't it, how people like you still believe it. Once an anti always an anti....

Federal Court Rules Against EPA on Second Hand Smoke

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I used to smoke, fyi.

[proud to be breathing]

I have a number of rental units. When we have vacancies, we say in the ad NO SMOKING. Why? Because after 22 years as a landlord, no one ruins a house faster than smokers. You have to paint all the walls, scrub every suface, usually replace the carpets, and on and on. I know of no other landlord of any scale in my area who allows smokers. They are pigs, and their habit is unbelievably destructive to MY property. Smoking has become to large extent a class issue also. Besides college age kids who smoke as a fashion statement, it is extremely rare to find high achieving, college grad professionals who smoke. The demographics of smokers is heavily skewed to working class, and minority populations. When the high tech firm I work for banned smoking in the early 80's, the only ones affected were the secretaries, janitors etc. Not one mid to upper level person in our firm smokes,(admittedly it is a small company). Frankly, I don't think they would hire a smoker at this point in time. And you know what, it's a privately held firm, and it's their damn right to hire who they want.