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Letter: Smoke keeps customers away

Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2001 | 9:39 a.m.

In response to the Sun's Aug. 16 editorial, "Time for a smoke-free workplace":

Just a note to the powers-that-be in Nevada. My in-laws frequently go to the casinos in Las Vegas, and many times in the past we joined them. We stayed in your hotels, ate in your restaurants, and gambled alongside them in your casinos.

Unfortunately over the past few years I have developed adult onset asthma as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke. That means we no longer go anywhere where people smoke. And I do mean anywhere. So, above all, that means Nevada.

Until the smoking laws change drastically in your state, we will not be staying in your hotels, eating in your restaurants, nor gambling in your casinos.

JACQUE PETTERSON Canyon Country, Calif.

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