Dear Ann Landers,
y brother's wife, Olga, lights one cigarette off the other. I've seen her forget she has one going in the ashtray and then light another one. My husband and I do not smoke. We find Olga's continual smoking a nuisance. Last night, we were playing cards, and Olga was, as usual, smoking up a storm. I said, "Please blow it over there. I don't want your lung cancer." She replied, "Secondhand smoke is harmless. You're getting crotchety." I say a person does not need to inhale smoke to be harmed by it, and that being around smoke can be damaging. What do you say, Ann? -Choking in Sioux Falls