Smoke Free Restaurants Imagine sitting in a restaurant, enjoying a finely prepared steak. You suddenly lose your appetite at the thought of inhaling the toxic chemicals, which are floating your way from a cigarette the woman at the table next to you has just lit. Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals. Exposure to environmental smoke or secondhand smoke is responsible for 51,000 non-smoker deaths in the United States each year (Banzhaf 1). In addition, cigarette smoke smell and …showed first 75 words of 497 total…

…showed last 75 words of 497 total…decrease if purifying/cleaning systems were installed. The purifying equipment cleans the air so quickly that cigarette smoke seems non-existent. Every restaurant needs to make a clear distinction between smoking and non-smoking sections. Non-smokers do not wish to be subjected to deadly fumes that taint their meals. They have the right to eat in a restaurant and enjoy their food without having to worry about cigarette smoke, causing them health problems, or ruining their meal.