Erin Edwards

Roderick, 25, a resident director at Temple Towers, has been smoking for about ten years.  He says he started out of curiosity and now he just does it out of habit.

Jared Gruenwald

"I feel as if society has cast aside smokers.  No longer are we free to pollute the air without being subject to ridicule.  We smokers are slowly becoming second-class citizens.  I can’t even smoke in my apartment," said a disgruntled Dan Conway.  "I’m 21 years old and I have been a smoker for 9 years.  I can’t remember why I started, boredom I guess, but I can’t stop now.  I’m a victim and am being treated like the enemy."

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