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icemed with their goals than their
ilth. Their goals are more important
n the possibility of contracting a
ease. Some people would give five
irs off their lives if they could reach
ir goals. ”
Although some smokers
rent too concerned about the
;ct of smoking on themselves, they
e concerned about the effects on
ers. Brothers, who says he started
>king because a lot of his friends
says he doesn’t meet much
osition to his smoking.
Sometimes people ask me not to
>ke, but it doesn’t bother me,” he
“If people ask me not to smoke, 1
>ect their wishes.”
although Brothers says he doesn’t
)ke as much at A&M as he has in
past, sophomore business major
e Dunn says she smokes more
j because it’s more convenient.
Neither of my parents smoke, so I
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n’t smoke in my house, ” she says,
lut here in college I smoke about 2-
Dacksa week.”
Dunn says she doesn’t ever actually
ive a cigarette, and that her
loking is just a habit.
“I like to have something in my
nds, especially when I’m driving,”
e says. “I’ve had to quit before, and
wasn’t any big deal. I just like having
:igarettein my hand.”
Dunn, who lives on campus, says
e doesn’t have any problems with
r roommate.
“She knew I smoked before we
Dved in together,” she says. “Also, I
ve an air filter that draws in the
loke and purifies it, so our room
iesn’t smell like smoke. ”
Oeveral resident advisors in
mpus dorms say they don’t have a
of problems between smokers and
n-smokers.
Tim Sheppard, resident director for
ton Hall and a computer science
iduate student, says he has few
ablems with residents who smoke.
“Once 1 had to make a room
ange, but usually I don’t have any
oblems,” he says. “I don’t smoke,
d I don’t encourage it, but smoking
allowed in all of the hall, including
2 lounges.”
Michael Hartman, a junior
:ounting major and resident advisor
for the first floor of Moses Hall, says
very few of his residents smoke.
“There are probably only three
guys on my floor who smoke, ” he
says. “I’ve had to make roommate
changes in the past, but I haven’t had
any problems with them.
“Some of the guys who smoke on
my floor are freshmen, and they are a
little sensitive about it. Sometimes
when I walk by them in the halls, they
try to hide it like they’re not smoking. ”
Hartman says he doesn’t think
students smoke as much in college.
“I’ve been surprised at how many
people don’t smoke in college, as
compared to high school,” he says. “I
guess more people think it’s not that
cool.”
Amelia Cleaver, a junior economics
major, is the resident advisor for the
third floor of Keathley Hall, a balcony-
style residence hall.
“I’ve never really had any problems
with residents smoking,” she says.
“There are vents that go from room to
room, and sometimes we have gotten
complaints about smoke coming in
the vents. But usually people who
smoke go out on the balconies. ”
Payee Durham, a junior psychology
major and resident advisor for the
fourth floor of Underwood Hall, says
residents of her dorm have made their
opinions on smoking quite clear.
“Our dorm has voted not to allow
smoking in the laundry rooms, TV
rooms or study carrels,” she says.
“However, there is one study carrel
reserved for smokers.
“There aren’t many smokers on my
floor, and if we have any problems,
there are ways we can get them
worked out.”
r or those who don’t smoke,
smokers can be a nuisance. Johanna
Sharp, a senior history major, says she
is allergic to cigarette smoke.
“1 don’t like people to smoke
around me,” she says. “But I have
never asked someone to quit
smoking, because I’m really not sure I
have to right to ask that. ”
Sharp says she does, however, ask
people not to smoke in her car.
“If they are only going to smoke
one cigarette, that’s fine as long as the
window is open, ” she says. “But more
than one cigarette really bothers me,
since I am allergic.”
Carole Fulbright, a senior
environmental design major, says she
doesn’t allow people to smoke in her
home.
“If people are smoking in a public
place, that’s their business,” she says.
“But I don’t let people smoke in my
house or my car, because I don’t like
the way smoke smells and gets into
everything. If people smoke at my
house, I just tell them to go outside. ”
Fulbright says she thinks people
Thursday,
smoke for several reasons.
“I think many people who smoke in
college are freshmen,” she says.
“They are away from home for the
first time and they can do anything
they want. They think it’s the college
thing to do and so they try it.
“I also think a lot of people like the
extra high cigarettes give them when
they are drinking. ”
Steve Ridge, a junior political
science major, says people who
smoke don’t really bother him.
ve never been around a smoker
who bothered me with his habit, ” he
says. “I think people should respect
the rights of non-smokers, and not
smoke in public places, but personally
it doesn’t bother me. ”
Senior finance major Cindy
Shannon says the main reason smoke
bothers her is because of her contact
lenses.
“I don’t.hardly know anybody who
smokes, so not much of it goes on in
my house or my car,” she says. “But
when I go out the smoke bothers me,
because people with contact lenses
just can’t handle it.
Sarah Simmons, a junior
elementary education major, says
smoking bothers her, but she doesn’t
always ask people to stop.
“The only person I’ve ever asked to
quit smoking was my mom, ” she says.
“I don’t like approaching a stranger to
ask him to quit smoking. I think
people are entitled to do what they
want, so I don’t like asking them to
quit.”
Carl Harvey, a senior speech
communications major, says smokers
don’t realize they are endangering
other people’s health.
“Being around people who smoke
makes me very uncomfortable,” he
says. “It can really mess up your
clothes, and breathing in their smoke
is bad for your health.
“I don’t like being in public places
where there is smoking, even though
there isn’t really anything I can do
about it. I just try to avoid those
designated areas. ”
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