“As a professional musician, I’ve spent the better part of the last 20 years traveling and playing in all kinds of venues. While I’ve never smoked, I certainly respect the choices of my friends who do. That said, I’ve definitely faced significant challenges as a performer in venues where smoking is allowed, mostly resulting in severe sort throats, and they have sometimes caused me to cut shows short. Even when venues designate my shows as “smokefree,” the thirdhand smoke from years of smoke particles all over the venue and equipment still presents a significant health risk to both me and the folks who pay to see me. Artists and their audiences have a right to a safe work environments, so I wholeheartedly in support of American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation and its Smokefree Music Cities project.”