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DATE: SATURDAY, March 14, 1992                   TAG: 9203160149
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-11   EDITION: METRO 
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SMOKING DROVE SOME FROM BOWLING

I DON'T think Mary Smith (letter, March 5) can be considered an authority on the non-smokers in the valley.

My husband was a bowler for years, until the smoke got so bad he would come home from bowling so hoarse he couldn't talk. He would smell so bad he would come in the door and go straight to the shower. I have a neighbor who was a bowler and had to stop because of the smoke.

I don't think people like Ms. Smith realize how serious smoke is to some. When our daughter was a child, there were no restrictions on smoking in stores, and we couldn't even take her shopping because she would be sick before we got home. She didn't just cough; she would go into pneumonia. She couldn't even go to see Santa at Christmas.

As for having a day of bowling for non-smokers, that is a laugh. The smoke is in there, and people who still have their sense of smell because they don't smoke will be affected. I have been there with my husband and it was like being in a fog, only worse because of the smell. MARY GUILLIAMS ROANOKE 


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