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I just talked to my daughter who is married to an Air Force Guy. They are out in Denver. Recently had their first baby. Shortly after bringing the baby home, my son-in-laws Commander ask him "You aren't smoking around that baby, are you?" Lee said "Hell NO! We go out onto the balcony with a butt can, and we never smoke in the car when he is in the car with us."

Then, when they took the baby to get his second set of shots, the Doctor said, "You’re not smoking around this baby, are you?" Lee told him "NO! We are NOT smoking around our baby. We go out on the balcony to smoke and we do not even smoke with him in the CAR! The Doctor then proceeded to remind both of them that "Well, you know...when you hold your baby, the second hand smoke is on your clothing and you are passing it onto him!!!" You talk about ludicrous!!!

My daughter is 30 and Lee is 34. They are not kids! They are mature adults, and still, they are being ripped a new one just because they choose to smoke. And they are NOT smoking around their baby. But boy! They did NOT leave the Doctor's office in a good mood, let me tell you!

"Well, you know...when you hold your baby, the second hand smoke is on your clothing and you are passing it onto him!!!"

Same thing our doctor said to me. Sad thing is everytime you go to the doctor they ask if you smoke and try to link all your illnesses to that, instead of looking for anything else. So now if I go I tell them 'No, I quit a long time ago' so they will shut and actually do an exam instead of preaching to me. I am 36 (I was 33 in 1998, hence the numerical part of my screen name).

I can understand a doctor asking questions about lifestyle to help along with a diagnosis, but I have seen many people get the same results - if you smoke that is the problem, take these meds and never smoke again and life will be grand. Oh, and don't drink, only eat certain foods, don't be in traffic for more then 10 min because of the fumes from other cars, move to a place where the climate is drier, etc and so on.

We can choose to kill unborn children, but we cannot choose (or won't be able to someday) what we put in our own bodies. My mom smoked while I was growing up, wonder if I can sue her for my allergies and other problems. And when it becomes a crime to smoke then I can look back at all my relatives over the many years and proclaim they were all criminals. Ok, done ranting, need a smoke ;)