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Shawn Boogard
KAUKAUNA, WI
 
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"I think it's a travesty that some people have to risk, and are willing to risk their lives just to earn a paycheck." —Shawn Boogaard, Kaukauna.

Shawn's grandfather died of lung cancer. Her grandmother, who owned a bar, developed breast cancer, and died at age 50. So she's no stranger to secondhand smoke in her family.

But when Shawn's adult daughters told her that they wanted to be bartenders to make some good money in college, she was not thrilled.

"Why are bar workers, and hospitality workers, and waitresses any different from us? They are not second-class citizens. They are workers. They are our daughters. They are our mothers and our aunts. They are people in our lives, and they deserve smoke-free air just like anybody else."

See why Shawn believes we need to have a smoke-free Wisconsin.

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