[zook]

All of us who grew up in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, more often surrounded by the smoke of our parents and others, were healthier than most kids are today. I mean, hasn't the incidence of childhood asthma been going up as the number of smokers has gone down?

[tallhappy]

All of us who grew up in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, more often surrounded by the smoke of our parents and others, were healthier than most kids are today.

Yes.

[Publius6961]

I mean, hasn't the incidence of childhood asthma been going up as the number of smokers has gone down?

You're doing this all wrong.
You're supposed to use all caps and add a couple of "!!!!!", and use the word "FACTS" a lot.
That's the ticket.