Dear Editor,
There is an ongoing issue concerning the smoking ban on Ball State's campus in the community. The view points include ideas such as it is unconstitutional and that it infringes on their rights as a citizen, to the idea that it is an addiction and how is the university supposed to enforce the ban. While students bicker about the legitimacy, practicality, and viability of the issue, people tend to forget why there an issue of banning smoking on campus grounds. I know people have the right and freedom to do what they want; it is a great inheritance that we get with our United States citizenship. But smoking is on its way out and the majority of students do not smoke. Last time I checked non-smokers have a constitutional right that protects our other rights from being infringed on. It seems like a daily occurrence when I am walking to class and I have to hold my breath as I pass someone smoking in hopes to not inhale the tar and rat poison. It is almost like a maze trying to weave in and out of students trying to dodge the clouds of smoke from cigarettes to avoid smelling like one. A daily experience I am sure we all share everyday on campus. So next time you are taking a drag while walking up McKinley to your next class and you exhale a plume of smoke just turn around and just count the number of people's rights that you just infringed on. So please if you do smoke, do something good for yourself and try and "kick the habit."
Kyle Paya
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