The campus bar becomes crowded and smoky in the evenings. Mornings following her shift, she finds it's harder to breathe, she said. During a normal day, she will smoke five to 10 cigarettes, but avoids the smoking section in public places because she dislikes the additional smoke and the smell. The report doesn't offer any new information, she said. But the results of Wednesday's study still alarm her.
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Among the reasons listed by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly for the ban was the negative health effects of secondhand smoke on non-smokers.