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- Dr. John Shaw~ 425 Stonegate~ a radiation narcologist~ treats cancer patients . every day. He 1S treat1ng over 125 percent more lung cancer patients than in 1975. He showed a sl ide presentation which provided statistical information and encouraged the council to adopt the ordinance. Mary Lee coOkb 1570 Tyler~ stated that she has a health problem and smoke causes her heart to eat irregul arly. She stated that peopl e who smoke smell bad and it is offens ive. Small children with parents who smoke are forced to breathe their smoke. She saw a baby cry after a mother had blown cigarette smoke near its face and feels the reason the baby cried was because the mother was smoking. She thinks the ordinance is a fine beginning. Dr. Frank Turner, 2245 Charnelton, stated that he is a member of the Pulmonary Journal Club--a group of physlc1ans who treat lung disease. These diseases include smoke-induced asthma and carcinoma of the lungs, as well as emphysema, heart attacks, and third degree burns from fire which are direct effects of cignrettes. They have learned that secondhand smoke is hazardous to a person's health. Smoking is a learned behavior which can be modified through peer pressure. People who smoke see those who do not and are discouraged from smoking. Smoking should be discouraged at all levels, including the government 1 eve 1 . Anne Mor~ello, 2643 Kincaid, indicated agreement with the previous speakers. She works 1n the Lane County Public Service Building in the Assessment and Taxation office. That building was designed to be used with air conditioning, . but because of energy conservation, the air conditioning is not used. She works in a large area in which smoking is not allowed but because there is smoking in other areas, at the end of the day her coat smells like smoke. There are problems in buildings which do not have adequate air circulation. Smoke gener- ated by anyone affects everyone. stated that smokers have the right to the rights of non-smokers. In pub 1 i c Amy Rich, 1350 Charnelton, #9, stated that she is from the Mary Rivers Sierra Club and is a counselor in hypnosis. She urges that retail stores be included in the ordinance. If one is an employee, one can do nothing about smoke. Robert B. Thompson, 882 Fox Glen Avenue, stated that he created smoking and non-s~oking sections in the Lane Community College cafeteria and the 50 percent split worked effectively, He would encourage adoption of this ordinance. He will not go into a restaurant that allows smoking and he will leave stores that permit it. He is allergic to cigarette smoke; it blocks up his nasal passages. Sharon Gordon, 939 East 20th, stated that this ordinance would allow anyone to continue smoking, but would permit a small area where non-smokers would not have to breathe smoke. This is consistent with other things this . MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 10, 1980 Page 8