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~ri a~~d Carter Septerriber 23, 2002
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Council Chair I'isicchio ~ Committee Members,
I-Ii. My name is Arian Carter, I am here today to show my supp®~ of dill 26~.
Tay dot gill be said about second hand smoke and it's hazards. ray experience with
second hand smm~Cc r~aight be : little di~#'erent-than what yore have read or heard thus far.
Ivry I~ad was the- on1~J smoker in the family while I was a little boy. Some oP ~y
sisters ~d I thought we were really smart to walk into a room where I~ad had~ust been
smolcitag and breath deeply. ~y flee age of seven, I wanted so much to be like my I3ad
that I started to snis~ke, and by fourteen I was up to three peeks a day. between a age
of fourteen az~d ~iteen, I was like Mark Twain -who said, "a~itti~ smoking is ~sy
...I must: have d®ne it a ha~nd~°ed times.
`I'o make-along story short, at age twenty, when I started seeking a relationship
with ~`lte idly Creator, `I'he holy C~°eator gave nee the victory over smoking. I can no
long~z- €~~e ~si~e.~~ second: hand sngoke exists, because it takes gny breath: away, as I am
only li~an. Fcr tx~e it ` truly ~ ~na~tter of life. and .breath.
I wonder-how many people began and begin smoking because of second hand
smoke? Is it 1%, is it 10%, is it 50% or 100%? I am reminded of the old adage, "~y
beholdixag you become changed", in other words, "Monkey see, monkey do".
It's high taagae to rip this smoking- problem in the 'oud (or should I say in the
butt!. Thank you for your-help: ~eress to better la~Ith for ou~° l~iand homeo
?~Ialtalt~ and ~Ioha,
~rara David C~.rter
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