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And walking to class and in and out of doors without getting a face full of smoke should be my choice, too.. and if multiple people also feel the same way, they can work within the system to get things changed. If more people feel the same way you do, why don't you join together and get something changed instead of complaining about it?
Businesses can choose to stop selling cigarettes. Campuses can choose to protect their others students' health by banning smoking on campus (our medical center has a no tobacco policy, period, I see nurses smoking on the "line" all the time) because they are essentially businesses, as well. If a business has policies you don't like, take your business elsewhere.
Ohio has a public smoking ban. I personally enjoy the effects of it, but I did vote against it because I believe businesses and cities should make individual choices rather than a blanket decision statewide. I am very appreciative of Ohio's ban, though, and I felt the same way about the one in the city of Columbus before the statewide ban went into effect.
Cancer is not the only worry with smoking. I have a mild smoke allergy; I get migraines as a result of contact with secondhand smoke. It also smells bad, and clings to hair, clothes, everything.. If I go to a show in KY, I have to take painkillers beforehand, often take breaks to go outside for fresh air (And guess what! More smokers by the doors!) if the pain gets too bad, and then shower and do laundry as soon as I get home. Many businesses lost my patronage because of that, and I think a lot of restaurants that tried an entirely non-smoking policy realized that they have better business as a result: nonsmokers who don't like smoke are still paying customers, and smoking customers generally choose to refrain from smoking for an hour to have a meal or whatnot, or take a break outside to do so. If it wasn't a good business practice (i.e. if it didn't make them money), such a policy would probably not exist.
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