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Vengeful Husband sues Ex-Wife for Secondhand Smoke Illness...
Charleston, SC
3/24/05-
After 13 years of marriage, a Florida man divorces his wife and sues her,
claiming his wife’s 2 to 3 pack-a-day smoking habit caused him to contract
life-threatening lung cancer in Palm Beach (case id 501997CA01158XXONAN). When the effects of secondhand smoke becomes
so bad that a husband is willing to sue his ex-wife, a woman he once loved,
people must begin to open their eyes to the dangers and liabilities caused
by secondhand tobacco smoke exposure.
Heather Crowe is from Ottawa and has worked in the restaurant business for
over 40 years as a waitress. In 2002, the Ottawa Citizen reported that she
was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer that she claims was caused by her
constant exposure to secondhand smoke as a result of her working at the restaurant.
Heather filed for workers compensation due to her illness hoping that this
would urge lawmakers to enforce stricter codes to protect workers in the
hospitality industry from exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke. Currently, most state and
provincial laws limit smoking areas to a small percentage of the usable
floor space of the hospitality establishment; however, this does not
guarantee workers, or patrons, are protected from the harmful byproducts of
the secondhand smoke.
Everyday, people in the hospitality industry go to work and are exposed to
significant amounts of secondhand smoke. Restaurant servers, bartenders, and
even hotel employees are forced to stifle their concerns about having to
work while being exposed to a patron’s secondhand smoke for fear of losing
their jobs. Secondhand cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 potential poisons and most
are chemicals not even studied by the FDA. Of those 4,000 toxic chemicals,
69 are KNOWN cancer causing agents. A nonsmoker who works in a smoking
environment has a 26% increased risk of developing lung cancer.
Additionally, secondhand smoke exposure has been linked to esophageal,
throat, and mouth cancer and in the United States alone, over 65,000 deaths
a year are linked to secondhand smoke related illnesses. Due to this
dramatic rise in secondhand smoke related deaths (3,000 deaths just ten
years ago) more and more hospitality industry employers are being held
liable for these sicknesses, losing millions of dollars as a result of these
lawsuits.
Many states have implemented non-smoking laws in most or all public
buildings. Other states have enforced stricter building codes requiring
effective air purification or ventilation systems in order to reduce
secondhand smoke exposure.
Dr. Craig Donnelly, a smoke eater industry expert and founder of BPA Air
Quality Solutions states, "According to the Environmental Protection Agency,
the 3 best methods for reducing indoor air pollution are:
1. Source Control: Eliminate or control the sources of pollution;
2. Ventilation: Dilute and exhaust pollutants through outdoor air
ventilation, and
3. Air Cleaning: Remove pollutants through proven air cleaning methods.
Source control and ventilation are usually not viable options because most
hospitality establishments do not restrict smoking 100% and ventilation’ can
be extremely expensive due the energy cost associated with ventilating warm
or air conditioned air to the outdoors."
“Air cleaning”, Dr. Donnelly continues, “is the method of choice for a large
percentage of hospitality businesses using 'smoke eaters', a class of air
purifications products designed to remove smoke particles, odors and toxic
gasses from the indoor air.”
Using the correct smoke air purification equipment in the hospitality
industry will significantly improve the indoor air quality potentially
reducing cancer causing pollutants produced by secondhand smoke.
“We have noticed that employers who install an effective smoke eater air
cleaning system in their place of business have employees and patrons who
frequently acknowledge the marked improvement with the indoor air quality
and they (employees and patrons) also acknowledge that symptoms associated
with breathing in second hand tobacco smoke such as coughing and irritated
eyes are dramatically reduced” - Dr. Craig Donnely.
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phone: 1-800-551-8544
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for restaurants and businesses. Dr.
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