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Secondhand smoke in bars is as harmful as being the smoker yourself. I am going to target secondhand smoking in bars. There have been main court cases about smoking. They are to stop smoking in bars. It is a big thing because of the bar tenders and waitresses getting sick. From stuff like heart disease, stroke, and blood clots, etc.
"In the line of duty, bartenders are exposed to more than their share of other people's troubles -- and other people's cigarette smoke. But while customers continue to pour out their woes at neighborhood pubs, at least in California they aren't smoking while they do it. The state banned smoking in bars as of last Jan. 1."
This is a paragraph from the article When Bars Say 'No' To Smoking. This is what bar tenders say they have to put up with. "Long-term exposure to secondhand smoke, according to evidence from more than 35 studies of nonsmokers who live with smokers, increases the risk of lung cancer by about 20 percent. (Active smokers increase their risk by about 2,000 percent.)"
Waitress and bar tenders have to live with that they have a 20% more likely chance to get lung cancer then an average person.
Many smokers are mad about the laws in some places that there is no smoking allowed in bars so they have to smoke out side.
"Dan Wood, a Paragon customer who smokes, said he dislikes the smoking ban but thinks it's a good idea nevertheless because "you smoke a little less. I want to quit anyway so it does not bother me". Paragon customer Chad Biehl said he tends to stay longer in bars that don't allow smoking. "If there's smoke, it's in my clothes and hair". When he worked as a waiter, "I took in three to four cigarettes a night just from secondhand smoke", Biehl said. From the article "No smoking signs going up in California bars, casinos". This law could help people stop smoking. Some say that business went up greatly.

web sites:

1)When Bars Say 'No' To Smoking.
day retrieved 12/ 05/01
It talks about what people say about the law and what it does to people
wed site: http://www.cleanlungs.com/education/say_no.html
By ERICA GOODE
December 15, 1998
New York Times

2)No smoking signs going up in California bars, casinos
day retrieved 12/05/01
It talks about what people say about the law and what it does to people
web site:
http://www.onlineathens.com/1997/122997/1229.a3smoking.html
By Steve Lawrence
Associated Press

BY MITCHELL