Seanad debates
Wednesday, 16 April 2003
Cancer Treatment Services: Statements.
There is statistical evidence available, as has been pointed out by Senator Feighan, to prove that environmental tobacco smoke has a very adverse effect on those who work in public houses. In the earlier part of my career I also spent a few years behind a bar, and, although I was a smoker at the time, on the morning after the night before – I was not a drinker then – I would feel the effects of working in a smoky environment. What is to be done? We strongly support what the Minister is advocating. To do anything less is like having a death wish, and I harbour no such feelings. I am sure that most Senators share that view.
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