Why play russian roulette with a childs life ? Would you think its appropriate for nurses in a hospital to smoke around new borns ? If not, whats the difference between that and a 9 month in a car seat?
I wasn't around to personally witness it, but if I remember correctly, smoking was permitted in hospitals up until the very recent past. And those kids survived just fine. And, what's more, there are plenty of babies being born in non-hospital settings where the best of care simply isn't available...and those kids are just fine as well.
And as far as the car seat thing goes, I miraculously managed to survive sitting in the front seat of my parents car with nothing more than a seatbelt to protect me, I never wore a helmet when I rode my training-wheeled bike, and I even (gasp) tempted fate a few times while running with scissors and eating the occasional crayon.
I guess smoking was the next logical progression for me and others like me. What's a girl to do?
We also had a time when doctors delivered babies without cleaning their hands after surgery too. Shall we go back to that time also ?
Its crazy stuff like your comments that its okay for nurses to smoke around new borns that eliminates smokers arguments from any rational consideration.