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OpinionAugust 6, 2005

To the editor: Recently I witnessed a gas station attendant asking a man to put out his cigarette. The guy was astounded and puzzled, unable to figure out what the problem was. As a public service, I thought I would prepare this list that smokers could cut out of the paper and read before heading into a gas station:...

To the editor:

Recently I witnessed a gas station attendant asking a man to put out his cigarette. The guy was astounded and puzzled, unable to figure out what the problem was.

As a public service, I thought I would prepare this list that smokers could cut out of the paper and read before heading into a gas station:

Gasoline.

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Fire.

Explosion.

Death.

BILL HOPKINS, Marble Hill, Mo.

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