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Now that the smoking, or should 1 write nonâ€"smoking, furor has died down at work (they‘ve placed air filters at each smoker‘s desk by the way), 1 feel I can get one last punch in before I leave my job. Because smokers have damaged the lining of their nose with the constant, extremely hot inhaling of the tobacco smoke, with all its carcinogens, they often do not even smell their own bad habit. The smell from tobacco smoke is in fact the worst thing about working in a smokeâ€"filled room, other than the knowledge of the unpleasant medical side effects. Though many smokers feel this complaint to be petty (petty because of course they cannot smell as well as the nonâ€"smoker)}, tobacco smell is by far the major complaint of nonâ€"smokers. I‘m sure most of us have experienced waking in the morning wondering why our rooms smell so stale, only to discover that it comes from the clothes we wore the night before, or even the day before at work. This bad smell is not escapeable. In fact the human body attracts tobacco smoke. Burning tobacâ€" co creates high electrical potential, whereas the human body has low Most of the smokers in any environâ€" ment know they are doing only harm to their body. They also must surely know they are offending nonâ€"smokers. For many smokers this creates feelings of guilt each time they light up a cigarette. To overcome this guilt, they get defiant and feel that nothing is going to stop them from smoking. [Tbe o1 sPaomim‘a & Yow Ztr Mrris 4s kesfre, Tom Po 2 » saeimps G/RP] e k4sve mre ZL pe 1pets : aprr/ia/a o o pexama! Arrer & v/Ge) 11 B7 </]GGZ MX _ J P50 SFEEMN PR 7/E MV Fitness Forum Peter Etril Snyder ; Kathy Hammond Fitness Instructor electrical potential, too ready to attract the opposite. Smoke gravitates and clings to people just as iron filings are drawn to a magnet. Chemicals in the tobacco are responsâ€" ible for the distinct, yet awful smell of burning tobacco. Pyridine is an ammoâ€" nia (and we all know how strong ammonia is from sticking our noses in the bottle as kids when our moms cleaned the floor.) All it takes is a minute amount of this substance to create an irritant. Aldehydes and ketones in the tobacco supply the penetrating factor to the odor, and the tars hold the smell to our skin and clothes. (Just imagine an invisible tar and feather effect.) Yet because most smokers feel the smoke smell is a petty complaint and unjustified many unfriendly and bitter situations can be created among coâ€" workers. Smokers take offense personâ€" ally, and though I see no other way for a smoker to react, the rights of the nonâ€"smoker to breathe freely without unpleasant and dangerous odors and toxins, is being infringed upon. Mentionâ€" ing this tends to rile the smokers, though not purely due to their defensive sysâ€" tems. Physically speaking, the smoker‘s small air tract becomes so clogged with chemicals from the tobacco, ineffecient amounts of oxygen is inhaled, leaving the brain and the circulatory system lacking crucial "food,", making the smoker tire easily, making tension and stress all the greater. and A, Thanks for making Waterloo the main topic of your editorial. We can hope that others will join the campaign to have Waterloo recognized as a city that is the twin city of Kitchener â€" but with a separate name and a separate iden tity. Stand up and be counted Waterloo Re: Waterloo, City of, etc. Let‘s establish the aim of this effort * Waterloo is a city in its own right; * We are the twih of Kitchener and wish to remain so; in: a) the Postal Code book b) the Bell Canada Directory (white pages; it makes sense to keep mixed listings for businesses). Take a look at our telephone book,. "Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Guelph and surrounding area;" Kitchener is listed â€" Waterloo is in parenthe ses as needed after our Waterloo street listings. But â€" hear this‘ thefollowingtowns. villages and hamlets all have their own listing Arthur, Ayr, Baden, Breslau, Cam bridge (I‘ll get back to that in a moment), Elmira, Elora, Fergus. Guelph, Linwood,. New Dundee, New Hamburg, â€" Plattsville, . Rockwood. St. Clements, St. Jacobs, Wellesley Waterloo? As 1 mentioned earlier. check under "Kitchener." Catching up this week on a handful of recent observations ... As you have probably noticed, colâ€" league Kathy Hammond in the adjoining Fitness Forum column has for the past few weeks grabbed the smoking issue by the scruff of the neck and throttled it with a barrage of facts and statistics citing the evils and periis of the deadly habit. Many will laud her stance, others will condemn it, but without question she has boldly gone out on a limb to cite the rights of and violations against the nonâ€"smoker. Being a lifeâ€"long nonâ€" smoker but disinterested bystander in the ongoing fight, 1 still believe smokers have qualified rights as long as the coffin nails escape an outright governâ€" ment ban. And I‘m not sure those qualified rights are being taken into conâ€" sideration. We‘ll always be very closely associat ed with Kitchener; we surely don‘t want that to change. But twins have separate identities. The popular advice colum nists, Abby and Ann are twins with virtually identical careers but they are certainly totally different personalities. In recent months we have read of the surgical separation of sets of Siamese twins; they‘ll always be twins, but now they can live with personalities of their own. Example: have you ever heard a more ridiculous rule than the following edict in a Peterborough hospital I visited over the weekend? In the fifth floor TV lounge, no smoking is allowed. Fine. In another lounge/foyer on the same floor, smoking is allowed â€" but only by patients, who no doubt need the puffs the most. Meanwhile, visitor smoking is not allowed anywhere in the hospital. This type of pretzel logic is further proof of the bureaucratic bullfeathers creating animosity between those of opposing beâ€" liefs. On the practical level, the following is what started me thinking about the Have you ever noticed, that even on nights when Waterloo Town Square is not open, that the Square parking lot is filled to nearâ€"capacity? My question is, where do these cars come from, and where are their occupants going to? Are there that many bowlers using the facilities at the Square? Are people Waterloo must have its own listing WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1985 â€" PAGE 7 Rick Campbell Chronicle Editor Roundup parking in the mall and heading across the street to lateâ€"night restaurant enâ€" gagements? Are they dumping off the wheels and heading further up the street to the show or the bars? And if they are, and don‘t mind the inconvenience of walking so far, then how come so many people are reluctant to use lots like the Herbert Street lot or Waterloo arena when shopping during open mall hours? Is there an attitude adjustment needed here? While we‘re uptowning, how about a marvellous cheer for the many wonderâ€" ful Christmas window displays Uptown this year? Going from store to store (no, I am not a judge, nobody has ever asked me), I‘m greatly impressed with the time and effort that has obviously been put forth to inject spirit into this yuletide season. Congratulations to all for a job well done and best of luck in the annual competition. I have become king of the kitchen. Formerly restricted to, creating such delights as Kraft dinner Kiev and Jello a l‘orange, in the past few months I have cultivated amazing cuisinary talents. I now spend many evenings curled up with a good cookbook, and have proâ€" duced such tasty items as lemon merinâ€" gue pie, apple crisp, banana bread, stuffed pork roast and more. *"*When do I get to go in the kitchen?" moaned my wife Beth recently, howevâ€" er. "Remember, I like to make things ‘"I‘m just trying to be a good husband and share the workload," was my, wise reply, or so I thought. â€" ‘"Oh good, well in that case, there‘s also the laundry, and the kitchen floor to wash and wax, and the bathroom to clean, and the dusting ..." We had subscriptions to two maga zines published in the USA. We wearied of missing issue after issue; consulta tion with a friend who took one of the magazines brought the same com plaint, "I‘m cancelling my subscription need for separation Something clicked in my mind and I checked the address labels. Sure enough "Waterloo" was buried in the body of the address... No wonder our expensive magazines went astray â€" the magazine hardly ever reaches me .‘ We all live in Waterloo Er, yes, the Postal Code was present and correct. But let‘s not get into that; that‘s a horror story in its own right I said I‘d get back regarding ‘"Cam bridge." Time moves along, and some changes are good and necessary â€" but, really, did Galt, Preston and Hespeler have to disappear _ almost overnight with the stroke of a bureaucratic pen? They‘ve "disappeared." We have to take action now, while we still have a Waterioo, in order to ensure that we always have our Waterloo on the map. Does anyoane else out there feel the way I do? If you love Waterloo, stand up and be counted 1st Waterloo Scouting plans anniversary In 1986, Ist Waterloo Scouting will be celebrating its 60th Anniversary. We are planning to hold a Reunion in May, for all present and former Members and Leaders. Those interested please contact H. McDougall, 886â€"2253, or write to 1â€"645 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ontario. N2L 3V5, by December 16, 1985. We would like to know the number of interested people in order to arrange proper facilities. Luke A. McAuley Waterioo, Ont. Betty Gardner Waterloo, Ont.