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I am sorry to hear of your mother's health problems, and will keep her in my prayers.

Thank you also for stating publicly what many people refuse to acknowlege - that while cig smoke does have these effects on some people, it is not the only cause.

As to the chemicals in manufactured cigarettes - I agree with you totally. When my husband and I switched from store bought cigarettes to making our own, the difference was almost immeidate. Even my smoke sensitive sister-in-law was unaffected being around it. Straight tobacco, without all the additives in it burns cleaner and will go out if left unattended in the ashtray because the additives that keep manufactured ones burning are not there.

As to nicotine, there has always been nicotine in all tobacco - it's a natural occurring part of the plant itself. Do the manufacturers manipulate the levels up and down, of course.

As to smoking in our offices - places that permit that are becoming fewer and farther between because of the nanny state meddling do-gooders that force private businesses to be smoke-free against their will through unwanted laws and regulations.

I am willing to accept the bans in public (government owned and operated) buildings - but when they move into the private sector is when I draw the line. Let the market decide, owners, customers and employees should make those decisions, not the government and definitely not people who will never step foot in most of the businesses they want control over.

Really, nicotine is a natural chemical in the tobacco. Well then I guess it's not a carcinogen after all. I'd always heard that cigarettes were carcinogenic(spelling error), I'd always assumed that it was because of the nicotine, plus the bleached cotton/synthetic filters.

Folks if you're going to smoke, try rolling your own tobacco in brown paper. Or buying non filtered, natural paper cigarettes.

And for those that smoke pipe, don't forget to pay attention to your pipe tobacco. Know what is in it!