The Nonsmoker Solution

A well-written, informative book for nonsmokers who are annoyed, irritated, frustrated, or outraged by social interactions with smokers. In the escalating conflict between smokers and nonsmokers, this book arms the reader with the most powerful weapon of all: Knowledge. Written in layman’s terms and filled with engaging anecdotes, The Nonsmoker Solution details the actual ingredients in passive smoke and how it harms the nonsmoker. The book dissects Big Tobacco rhetoric on such subjects as jobs, free speech and "smokers’ rights." The reader is taken on an entertaining and often amusing journey through the social history of tobacco. From the first laws banning "The Great Stink" indoors in 1687, through the "spitters’ rights" controversy in the old west, the reader will identify with nonsmokers’ struggles and successes throughout the ages. Citing icons of etiquette such as Miss Manners and Emily Post, the book imparts to the nonsmoker a much-needed confidence in requesting that smokers’ refrain from contaminating the air they breath. Finishing with a passionate call to action, nonsmokers are encouraged to feel the potential strength in their numbers—250 million adult nonsmokers in America—and join forces toward the quest for a smoke-free society.