Show How do students really feel about smoking Dear Editor I would like to address the issue on smoking on college college college col col- col- col lege campuses Particularly the Redwood campus of the Salt Lake Community College I am not a smoker and I Ido Ido Ido do find the cigarette smoking to be an annoyance However I do feel that smokers should have the right to make that adult decision to smoke if they choose to I also feel that the right or any right for that matter ends where it begins to tread upon my rights I must admit that when I first learned about the new smoking ordinance I was excited I realize that a distance of 25 feet from the door is not a panacea but it does lessen the concentration of smoke right outside of the door J I still have ave to walk through gh the oc occasional occasional oc- oc C- C puff of smoke but this is much more tolerable I Ican Ican Ican can appreciate the complaints of the smokers because of the omission of a lot of their rights As an American I Ican Ican Ican can not tolerate in the less degree the exclusion of a group as the result of bias the Never this is not a bias We are talking about a known substance that will harm the body Smoking is not healthy We all know that Therefore those who still choose to make that adult decision may do so However they should respect the rights of others to choose not to and not to put their own health in jeopardy because of it Yet we do need to accommodate accommodate accommodate ac ac- ac- ac the rights of the smoker Therefore I feel that the only equitable solution is to construct smoking rooms in high traffic public buildings such as the College Center also to build portable heated smoking shelters to accommodate the students faculty and staff who do smoke at the Salt Lake Community College It is only fair to do so I Mark Monson Justice Major |