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more editors mail mothers urge smoking ban this is an open letter to markham council dear editor we have recently viewed the video titled smoking against your will a health educator representing the york region medical officer of healths office presented the video and lead the discus sion on the issue of second hand smoke we as mothers are con cerned with the harmful effects of secondhand smok- e especially as it pertains to children and unborn chil dren it is alarming to know that a fetus will stop brea thing almost immediately af ter two inhalations of second hand smoke by its mother secondhand smoke is com prised of smoke from a burn ing cigarette plus that which is exhaled by the smoker a single cigarette smoked by the father will cause a fetus to cease breathing for one and a half to two hours as a result of continuing exposure to secondhand smoke the baby could possibly be born with a low birth weight almost as much as if its mother had been smoking toxic subst ances can be detected after even short exposure to smokey air in the blood and breastmilk of nonsmokers the councils negative re sponse to the proposed bylaw amendments brought before council in july 1987 was ex tremely disappointing even for those of us who have healthy children en vironmental tobacco smoke ets is an irritant to the nas al and respiratory passages for those children with ex isting respiratory difficul ties the problems are com pounded when walking through a shopping mall these dangers may not im mediately effect a healthy child on the other hand an asthmatic child may not even enter for fear of an attack the possible consequences of walking through a mall for any child is the risk of being burnt or even blinded due to a lit cigarette a cigarette dangling from a smokers hand is eye level to a toddler on foot the concentration of ets in lobbies bus shelters hair salons and barbershops could initiate allergic symp toms a few examples are as follows sore watering eyes production of excess mucous coughing sneezing headaches and nausea an added concern to pre gnant women is the constant exposure to ets in the work place in view of all of the above hazards related to smoking we encourage council to act accordingly 1 to view the video smoking against your will and 2 to im mediately amend the present bylaw to regulate smoking 19086 to include shop ping malls bus shelters hair salons barbershops lobbies and the workplace we anxiously await mar- khams change for a better future today concerned mothers of markham tina marie bachand leslie ann walker tami noget mcleod young weir mcleod young weir proudly announces the appointment of raymond p neuman investment executive 3100 steeles avenue east suite 101 markham ontario l3rst3 to introduce you to ray and our services call for our free booklet an investors guide how you can benefit fromfinancial markets call 4772022 trusted investment advice since 1921 dr theresa bourke dentist wishes to announce the opening of her office 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