I know there's been a bit of a thread about smoking
recently on the list, and I have a (sort-of-)related
question.
I am a high school student who is by no means looking
for a career as a professional musician. I
participate actively in choirs/select choral groups at
school and am sometimes called on to perform solos at
concerts and such. I also happen to be the lead
singer in a pop/rock cover band (which is basically
just an excuse to do something after school; I'm not
really looking for a career in that area either).
As an often-broke high school student, I choose to
have a part-time job at a local bowling alley. Hence
my problem - I am exposed to a heinous amount of
second-hand cigarette smoke at work. Change of job
isn't much of an option - other places aren't willing
to work around my busy schedule. Besides, it isn't
much of a job to begin with; I really only work on
weekends from the middle of March through the middle
of July.
Basically, ever since I started work for this year a
few weeks ago, the cigarette smoke has been bothering
me more than usual. I've been doing this job for, oh,
about 7 or 8 years now and really don't remember
having this much of a problem before. Since working
last weekend, my throat has been dry and scratchy, and
my voice has been going in and out (if that makes any
sense). Obviously, as the week progresses and time
passes out of the clutches of the second-hand smoke,
it gets better, but then the weekend comes and the
cycle begins anew.
I've been doing my best to avoid the smoke as much as
I can: politely asking smokers who decide to stand
right next to me and puff smoke in my face to move and
whatnot. I'm wondering if there's anything else I can
be doing to minimize the effects of the smoke, and/or
to soothe my throat and get rid of the dry cough once
the weekend is over. Any help would be greatly
appreciated, :).
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