[Gabz]

There has been a steady decline and then a levelling of the rate of smokers and smoking for the past 30 years. Blaming smoking for increased rates of anything is pure speculation.

My comment regarding kids and asthma is not beside the point - it is right inline with your point about increased health care costs related to smoking. It doesn't matter to the anti-smoker cartel that SHS exposure does not cause asthma they will continue to blame it for asthma. Well exposure to SHS may cause an asthma attack, but it sure as heck doesn't cause the asthma to begin with, and I'm sick and bloody tired of paying for the health care of these kids.

You don't want to pay the alleged costs of smokers and I don't want to pay the definite costs of micromanaging people that have destroyed the immune systems of their children.

[Madame Dufarge]

You don't want to pay the alleged costs of smokers and I don't want to pay the definite costs of micromanaging people that have destroyed the immune systems of their children.

Agree 100%.

[realpatriot71]

You don't want to pay the alleged costs of smokers and I don't want to pay the definite costs of micromanaging people that have destroyed the immune systems of their children.

Hmmm, interesting you'd have a problem with giving health care to kids who have no control over their health? Smokers have control over whether they smoke or not, and this has nothing whatsoever to do with SHS.