To the Editor,

It is Sunday, 3 p.m., a brilliant, sunny day, inviting me to go and take my daily walk. I live on Balsam Lane, a short street, no traffic, but long enough for my deteriorating heart. I breathe eagerly the fresh air, a nice wind. And then suddenly find myself in a cloud of wood smoke! The wind blows from Cedar Lane, from where time and again the poisonous smell comes.

I know that there are people who continue to smoke cigarettes. But the difference is that the law forbids them to expose their neighbors to the toxic smell. Not true for the equally toxic wood smoke. And anyone educated and concerned for their health knows that breathing wood smoke is very bad — as bad as cigarette smoking. But it seems that Princetonians are not only unconcerned for their health, but also for the health of their neighbors and children, so selfish that they cannot make the rational decision and forbid it.

Please, google “wood smoke and health” and you will get enough information to stop burning wood!

Ludmilla Wightman
Balsam Lane