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CPIRNER wrote:
> 
> In article <324976B6.41C67EA6@lolita.colorado.edu>,
> David Knapp  <david@lolita.colorado.edu> wrote:
> >I've noticed a tremendous increase in the number of people smoking cigarettes on and
> >near campus, but I can't figure out why.
> >
> >I took a good hard look at the Joe Camel ads, and they don't move me to smoke at
> >all. Could they have worked on a certain segment of the populace for other reasons?
> >
> >I even asked a couple of college kids - "why do you smoke?"
> >
> [snip]
> 
> I'll bet that the numbers of people smoking is no different than
> historical levels but now it is no longer legal to smoke inside in public
> buildings in Boulder and you are seeing lots of folks who used to smoke in
> smoking sections of resturaunts and such.
> 
>         Craig Pirner

While what you say could have validity in other areas of Boulder, I don't think it 
applies to the CU campus.  University buildings have been smoke free zones for a long 
time.  I have been staff at CU since 1983.  The campus went smoke free only a few years 
after I started working here.

As I work for Computing & Network Services, I have been officed both on campus and at 
the Computing Center, off campus, over the years.  I really noticed a huge difference 
this summer when I returned to campus after working off campus for four years.

Breathing as I walk on campus, especially during class passing periods, is pretty 
unpleasant much of the time.  I am slightly allergic to tobacco smoke so I feel the 
effects of the smoke when I get within 10 feet of a smoker, even when outside.

I sincerely wonder if smokers realize that they form an unbreathable zone with a radius 
of about 10 feet all around them as they walk outside smoking.  I sure get tired of 
being assaulted by smoke when all I want is to enjoy our delicious Colorado air.

There are most definitely more smokers on campus then there were 4 years ago.  And they 
are the students who are creating those toxic circles of unbreathable air.

I am pretty puzzled and I wonder what they tell themselves to be able to smoke in face 
of the huge and growing body of evidence showing the damage they inflict on themselves 
and on the hapless breathers of their second hand smoke.

Barb