If you are a non-smoker, wouldn't you like
the right to walk out of a restaurant, shopping mall, or movie
theatre without breathing in second-hand smoke?
Every time I go to the mall, I am faced with
inhaling the smoke of others when entering or leaving the
building, even though laws state that smokers must be 25 feet
away from any door or window.
I am a concerned teenager and I believe
everyone should have the right to a smoke free-environment. I
have observed the laws established to protect these rights are
not being obeyed by those who smoke, nor enforced by the bylaw
officers.
Bylaw officers must enforce this law as well
as implementing more severe consequences for defying this law.
Second-hand smoke is the third leading cause of preventable
death in Canada.
Kelly Soroko
Coniston