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swim, but sometimes it is hard for me to do these things when I 

 get sick with asthma and can't breathe very well. 



This happens sometimes when I come in contact with tobacco 

 smoke. When I smell it, I cough a lot and my eyes get red and real 

 puffy. My breathing becomes more difficult and often my chest gets 

 real sore. I also get headaches. After being around cigarettes, I 

 usually have to take a lot of medicine to keep from getting worse 

 and to get better. 



Cigarette smoke keeps me from doing some of the things I'd like 

 to do, like bowling. I can't go bowling because most alleys let people 

 smoke. It hurts when I can't go bowling like other people. 



It makes me feel different from my friends. I wish there were 

 alleys where people can't smoke. Kids like me would have more fun 

 and would not have to worry about getting sick. 



There are some places I can go. I can go to shopping centers with 

 mom and to most ball games. I can even go to some restaurants. 

 When I go there, it's best if there is no smoking so I can stay well, 

 because it hurts people like me who have asthma and can cause 

 lung cancer, even in non-smokers. 



If I could, I would tell the President to make it the law that no 

 one smoke in public places. He should do the same thing with ciga- 

 rettes that they are doing with guns. Turn them in for money or 

 other things to get people off smoking. 



I would also tell people who smoke it hurts them and especially 

 other people, too. This is also important for parents who smoke at 

 home to know, too. They need to realize what their smoking does 

 to others around them. 



I hope the government will help kids like me because growing up 

 around cigarette smoke is hard. Clean air would help me to live 

 like my friends and get to do all of those things that I would like 

 to do. 



Mr. Wyden. Robert, you said it better than any Member of Con- 

 gress could possibly have said it and thanks for coming and being 

 here to speak up for all the kids. Thank you. 



Mr. Waxman. Thank you, Robert. We're going to take a break for 

 10 minutes while we respond to a vote and give everybody a chance 

 for a breather. So we'll reconvene as soon as we return from the 

 vote in 10 minutes. 



[Brief recess.] 



Mr. Waxman. The meeting will come to order. Mr. Bryant. 



Mr. Bryant. I will yield to my colleague from Oregon, Mr. 

 Wyden. 



Mr. Wyden. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and my col- 

 league. As we heard from the young witness earlier, kids face a 

 very serious health threat even if they don't smoke. There's over- 

 whelming evidence that the cigarettes that you all make bring mis- 

 ery and disease to thousands of children across America, kids who 

 didn't succumb to the advertising, children who don't smoke. 



But their only mistake is to be near someone who does and to 

 be too little and too powerless to stop this second-hand smoke. I'd 

 like to know what each of you say to Robert, starting with you, Mr. 

 Campbell. 



Mr. Campbell. I'd say people that smoke around you, Robert, are 

 inconsiderate and you should always ask them not to smoke in 



