Re: "Woman fuming over smoking neighbor -- Before lawsuit, complex says, it replaced air filters, offered to relocate tenants," Wednesday news story. Am I the only person who thinks that the two women wearing gas masks because of a smoking...
Re: "Flavored smokes banned by FDA," Wednesday news story. I have news for the Food and Drug Administration. Seventeen-year-old kids are not supposed to be smoking in the first place. This is just another useless feel-good ban. Billy Shafer, Centerville...
Re: "Tobacco kills, too," by Bill Stoner, Friday Letters. The use of tobacco, sugar and fast food is a choice. Taxes do not stop their use; they only give more money to the government. Yes, big business will craft profits...
On the same day that federal officials moved to protect consumers from credit card companies and the future of our children with higher gas mileage standards, the Texas Senate voted to allow handguns on campus and a statewide smoking ban...
Re: "Landlord: Allegations untrue," by Alex Stolarski, Saturday Letters. Stolarski says the tragic death of a police officer at Oakwood Place Apartments occurred after he and others repeatedly requested more police presence and were told the department was stretched too...
I just had to laugh at the assertions made by bar owners in today's story about the first few weeks of Dallas' total smoking ban. Someone at a bar near Greenville Avenue says he has lost customers to Richardson. Really?...
Now that we've got a smoking ban in place... Amazing how normal smoking once was......
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I'm a strong proponent of bans on smoking in public places, so I really like the idea of comprehensive, all-inclusive statewide rules. Right now, 24 states and 28 Texas cities have public smoking rules in place. As far as I...
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