Cigarette Burns
(Sept. 2, 2010) Editor:
About the new Eureka City ordinance prohibiting smoking in outdoor spaces, or rather the complaints about it: It’s hard to feel sympathy for those crying economic hardship when they continue to hand over thousands of dollars a year to the fat cat murderers who are profiting by selling slow death (“Outdoor Inhale,” Aug. 26).
How much is a carton of carcinogens these days, $20? If a carton lasts you a week, you could save over $1,000 a year by quitting your slow suicide.
Katherine Almy (ex-smoker), McKinleyville
Editor:
It was with great delight that I read your recent “Town Dandy” column concerning your obvious disgust at the cowardly actions of Eureka city government and their dead-of-night, no-notification passing of anti-business regulations regarding smoking within the city (Aug. 26).
Your further comments concerning the lack of fast-food — dare I say non-healthy? — eating outlets in the downtown area is again a pleasurable awaking by someone of your stature and influence in the community.
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Comment / By Joel Mielke / Sept. 2, 8:45 a.m.
I’d be more inclined to defend smokers if I didn’t spend so much time picking up after them.