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Re: letter to the editor entitled "Adlys failed to provede source of informaâ€" tion on secondâ€"hand smoke issue" (Waterloo Chronicle, March 22): My response to the secâ€" ondâ€"hand smoke issue is that 1 do have various docuâ€" ments that support the claim that secondâ€"hand smoke is not a carcinogen. 1 invite anyone who quesâ€" tions this statement to come down to the Huether Hotel and read the articles and AMA journal backs up claims on secondâ€"hand smoke issue The chair of the Commu:â€" nity Services Committee, Regional Municipality of Ottawaâ€"Carleton, points out that the claim "an evening in a smoky bar is like smokâ€" ing 18 cigarettes" is false. The source on which this claim is based, "Occupaâ€" tional Exposure to ETS®, Journal of the American Medical Association, (Vol. 274, No. 12, 1995, page documents that I have. The following is just a small example of one such article. 959) has been misread. The number 18 is the amount of nicotine in the air (meaâ€" sured in ug/cm3) rather than the cigarette ‘equivaâ€" lent number‘. The cigarette equivalent for nicotine is 0.12, so the correct version of the adverâ€" tisement should read "an evening in a smoky bar is like smoking 1/8 of a cigaâ€" rette. The writer overâ€"estimated the figure by almost 150 times. As a result, the corâ€" rect claim would be "150 evenings in smoky bars is like smoking 18 cigarettes." Editorials seem to be deceptive manipulation of scientific speculation to jusâ€" tify the discriminatory actions of those hellâ€"bent on a tobaccoâ€"free Waterloo Region. Prohibiting {reedoms based on manipulated "facts" is a dangerous direcâ€" tion to be heading. Sonia Adlys, Waterloo _ M ONE OWNER BENZ DIESEL! ® Wo gts: TRUST US TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR TURF NEEDS LAWN SERVICE INC. A Division of Moser Outdoor Maintenance Inc. Turf Plans Available Single Applications Aerating & Rolling Fertilizing Programs Deep Root Feeding Prepayment Discounts Available {on full plans only) OUTDOOR &#