Upset parents are asking a band council in northwestern B.C. to stop allowing smoking at bingo games held in a community hall that adjoins the band’s elementary school.

The Gitsegukla Band’s community hall and elementary school share a hallway and use the same ventilation system, and that means second-hand smoke is finding its way into classrooms, the parents say.

Crystal Smith, president of Gitsegukla Elementary’s parents advisory council, says kids shouldn’t have to study in a school that reeks of cigarettes.

For the complete story, please see Butt out bingo smoking, parents urge B.C. native band CBC News, September 24, 2008.