Region's Air Tough on Asthmatics

Publication Date: 2005-02-18

• Author:Susan Levine
• Publication:The Washington Post

Region's Air Tough on Asthmatics Study Ranks Area Among Five Worst in Nation on Anti-Smoking Laws, Pollen

There's no easy breathing in the Washington area, which a survey to be released today identifies as one of the top five "most challenging" places in the country for people with asthma to live...

Its ignominious ascension to fifth -- behind Knoxville, Tenn., at first, and three Midwestern cities -- came largely because of the continued dearth of public indoor smoking laws here and restrictive or inconsistent statutes addressing children's access to their inhalers while in school.

Elsewhere, jurisdictions are passing smoking bans for workplaces and restaurants..