Bartenders Suits

Rosita Garcia never wanted to be a poster girl for the fight against tobacco. But here she is, living testimony in the debate over the dangers of secondhand smoke: the cocktail waitress who never touched a cigarette but got lung cancer after 11 years of serving drinks in the blue haze of a smoky airport bar. This is not how she wants to be remembered.

Rosita Garcia never wanted to be a poster girl for the fight against tobacco. But here she is, living testimony in the debate over the dangers of secondhand smoke: the cocktail waitress who never touched a cigarette but got lung cancer after 11 years of serving drinks in the blue haze of a smoky airport bar. This is not how she wants to be remembered.