Boxing and cigar-smoking: No way to help children

The group Fight for Children wants to raise funds to improve the lives of poor children ["Two cigar-centered events get one-time D.C. smoking ban waiver," Metro, March 9]. This is a noble task indeed.

They, and their supporters like D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), invite people to watch boxing, which puts the boxers at risk for brain damage. Then they invite the spectators to damage their own bodies by smoking cigars. Do we have to destroy brains and lungs to raise money for kids?

Jerome A. Paulson, Alexandria