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You are more than an idiot, you are knowing and willfully causing your child harm by smoking around them.

That's a crock. My daughter was born into a smoking home. My hubby and I both smoked. I smoked before AND after she was born. And I even nursed her. (And NO! I didn't blow smoke in her face. I KNOW you are going to ask that NEXT!)

She grew up to be a beautiful young woman and now is married and has a babe of her own. She never had health problems. She and her hubby BOTH smoke! No one is sick. No one has asthma.

You have been blatantly mislead my friend.

Then pehaps you happen to fall into the percentage of people who don't have cancer and won't likely get it from smoking. Good for you. Are you going to try and state that just because you didn't suffer any affects or that your kids don't then the statistics are all lies being spread by the evil liberals?

You will believe what you want to believe which is your right to.

She grew up to be a beautiful young woman and now is married and has a babe of her own. She never had health problems. She and her hubby BOTH smoke! No one is sick. No one has asthma.

Some families are more susceptible than others. My cousin had a terrible asthma problem when her father smoked.

My friend's mother was a heavy smoker. Both her and her brother were born underweight.

That's a crock. My daughter was born into a smoking home. My hubby and I both smoked. I smoked before AND after she was born. And I even nursed her. (And NO! I didn't blow smoke in her face. I KNOW you are going to ask that NEXT!) She grew up to be a beautiful young woman and now is married and has a babe of her own. She never had health problems. She and her hubby BOTH smoke! No one is sick. No one has asthma. You have been blatantly mislead my friend.

I knew a guy that played "Russian Roulette" once. Nothing happened. Therefore, I conclude that "Russian Roulette" is not dangerous.

Absurd? Well, that's what happens when you try to prove something using an anecdote. We can have a legitimate argument about the evidence concerning the risks of second-hand smoke. Anecdote doesn't cut it. In my business, I see smokers every day. Ninety percent of them understand that the risk to their health, and accept it. Fine. Ten percent, though, think the whole thing is a "scam". They have smoked for twenty years, and nothing bad has happened yet. Or they had a grandfather that smoked until he died at the age of 102. The concept of "relative risk" just doesn't equate with them. I expect better from the normally intelligent FReeper community. No, second hand smoking is not the same as smoking. But don't make yourself look foolish by claiming your anecdote trumps science.

^5 and Merry Christmas, SheLion!!