[Mpls] Re: Smoking Ban: Since You Mentioned It....

[Tim Bonham]

>3. You say we "make" you inhale the secondhand smoke (see #1) but you also 
>"make" us stand out in freezing cold weather in most other public places 
>and surely I have caught a cold or two (a health risk) doing so....
>
>Shawn Marie Christenson
>Central - Downtown/West
         Actually, Shawn, colds are caused by a virus, not exposure to cold 
weather.  So you haven't "caught a cold or two" by smoking outside.
         However,  exposure to tobacco smoke has been shown to limit the 
effectiveness of the immune system, thus making you more susceptible to 
colds and many other diseases.  So you'd probably suffer fewer colds if you 
were not exposed to tobacco smoke in or outside Minneapolis bars.

Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson