In Brooks v. Bethlehem Steel Co., 66 N.J. Super. 135, 137 (App.Div.), certif. denied, 36 N.J. 29 (1961), compensation was awarded based on the petitioner's exposure to smoke and fumes caused by his job as a burner-welder at the steel yard. Finally, another case finding emphysema related to an undescribed employment is Vohta v. Bogue Elec. Mfg. Co., 60 N.J. Super. 169, 172 (App.Div.), certif. denied, 32 N.J. 353 (1960). Although none of those cases involved firefighters, there are good reasons to infer that many of the workers in those cases were smokers.
Although such statements might be allowable under a discretionary ruling, there was no prejudice to plaintiffs and no reversible error on that ground. Vohta v. Bogue Electric Manufacturing Co., 60 N.J. Super. 169, 172, 158 A.2d 536 (App.Div. 1960), certif. denied 32 N.J. 353, 160 A.2d 849 (1960). II.