Reply #372: You would be wrong. [View All]

[Ms. Toad]

In an average workday I encounter no SUVs close enough to blow exhaust on me, and never in a parking garage (enclosed or otherwise). I encounter at least two and as often as many as 6 smokers every workday to which I am exposed for a minimum of 45 minutes, generally closer to an hour. I have counted as many as six cigarettes consumed during lunch by each one of these smokers. About a third of the time they are seated at the adjacent table and they are never more than 3 tables away in a closed room with low ceilings and ceiling fans which just spread the smoke around the enclosed room. On the worst days there is not only cigarette smoke but cigar smoke.

As indicated, this is a job requirement - I can neither skip nor choose a different restaurant. My only hope for relief is a smoking ban which, frankly, cannot come quickly enough.