The Clinton era fraud on the American public claiming that secondhand smoke kills has been debunked by some scientists around the world.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s study has been proven to be flawed and skewed to its own ends. A federal court has ruled it so. If a lie is repeated enough people will believe it.

It is more dangerous to fire up your barbecue or ride in your car than it is to be around a smoker. I think a non-smoker living with a smoker would have to live for 2,000 years before the effects of inhaling secondhand smoke caused any concern.

I find it unacceptable that our elected officials should restrict in any way what I eat, whether I smoke, what I teach my children and how I choose to live.

Our basic freedoms are soon to be taken away by the fascists who want government to control even the air we breathe.

I am not a victim. I choose my lifestyle. I think for myself. The government has no business dictating my choices.

Mary Jane Newell, South Paris