{"id":7613,"date":"2011-02-02T23:39:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T04:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=7613"},"modified":"2016-05-09T23:40:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T03:40:50","slug":"letters-to-the-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/letters-to-the-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters To The Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In regards to &#8220;Thinking Of Kicking The Habit: Possible College-wide Smoking Ban&#8221; on Vol. 1, Issue 6 Jan. 17, 2011:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hi, my name is Michelle and I was wondering, will the college executive committee be considering those students who are disabled and need to smoke to calm their stress and depression?<\/p>\n<p>I am a disabled student and I suffer from stress and depression, the only way to release my stress would be to smoke in a designated smoking area between classes.<\/p>\n<p>If the ban were to happen, I would have to drop out, there is no other way for me to go.<\/p>\n<p>I weigh 250 pounds and I can&#8217;t stand for long periods of time. There would be no where for me to sit. I feel that if they want to partially ban it, I would happily smoke in designated areas.<\/p>\n<p><em>-Michelle Van Der Biest , Student, Wolfson Campus<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In regards to &#8220;Thinking Of Kicking The Habit: Possible College-wide Smoking Ban&#8221; on Vol. 1, Issue 6 Jan. 17, 2011: Hi, my name is Michelle and I was wondering, will the college executive committee be considering those students who are disabled and need to smoke to calm their stress and depression? 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