SMOKERS: are you concerned about your children/grandchildren being exposed to second hand smoke?

Question

When you smoke, do you give any thought about whether it may cause harm to your children or grandchildren?

Answer 1

second-hand-smoking is no bullshit -- my father is a chain smoker, my sister and i both developed lung problems. my sister had hers first -- she has asthma. i've been a very healthy kid when i was young -- i use to play out all the time, i had a good health and i've never had any allergies. besides my dad's smoking, i was also exposed to other smokers and just last year i developed an allergic response and had asthma -- my lungs became weak. i rarely get sick, but now i do.

it could be directly connected to second hand smoking. but i have a degree in respiratory care -- and second hand smoking is not something that's made up. it weakens the lungs making it susceptible to other diseases. i don't care if a person does not want to quit, whatever -- he wants to die of heart attack, go ahead -- but don't do it around other people. i am offended by people who smoke in public, i actually ask strangers to put it off. some were kind enough, but some didn't care.

my sister's asthma is more severe than mine -- and she gets asthma attacks when around somebody who's smoking. she has developed a sensitivity to smoke because of too much exposure. do you call that coincidence?

it does takes years to develop lung problems due to smoking and second hand smoking. but once you've had them, there's no turning back -- it can never be cured anymore. if something as harmless as pollen or a kitten can trigger an asthma, what more with smoke?

just a suggestion to smokers who do not care: go into the respiratory diseases section in yahoo answers and see how many desperate people diagnosed with emphysema are there -- asking if there is a possible cure for emphysema. and see how many i have answered so far -- sorry to break the ugly truth to them. there is no cure... but if they don't quit smoking, it's going to get a lot worse. i've seen dead people, and i've seen people die.

Answer 2

I don't have children or grandchildren so no - I'm not concerned about them being exposed to second hand smoke. Also, I live alone and if I'm smoking in public I am smoking outside or in a place where smoking is allowed with other smokers. I am always respectful of people who do not want to be around my smoking.

Answer 3

Yes, I am very concerned about my kids. I am in the process of trying to quit. I smoke outside and have talked to my kids about smoking and have included them in my stop smoking program. I don't see how anyone, given the knowledge we now have about the effects of second hand smoke, could not be concerned. Although, I still see people puffing away in a closed up car with their children inside. Even as a smoker, this infuriates me.

Answer 4

Absolutely...I smoke outside, and tend to feel that if I choose to be unhealthy in some regards it's my own business as long as others' aren't put in harm's way. What I feel is overkill on the part of non-smokers is petitioning for smoke bans in, for instance, all the dingy live music venues in Austin, Texas; where I live music is paramount, and frankly, that is what hole in the wall bars are for! People that voted to ban smoking in all clubs in Austin, as an example, don't really go to these places after 10--they're healthy people that don't smoke for the most part. It's often a control issue, and I believe that in a capitalist society, like ours, we should let market demand dictate the choice of owners' in regard to their establishment, and the customers they want to draw. If non-smoking establishments are in true demand in proportion to the population, then they will be created, and thus differentiate themselves from other such businesses that are smoker friendly. I just keep asking myself what is meant by "freedom" when we seem to have more and more red tape in this country.

Answer 5

I don't smoke around my children, so no, I'm not concerned. We don't go to restaurants and sit in the smoking section, either. What concerns me is that I take my children outside every day for a walk, and they breathe in quite a bit of pollution from cars...THAT concerns me.

Answer 6

i see it this way. Smokers, are not only hurting them selves but they hurt everyone around them.

think for a second. Cigerettes contain the same chemicals found in Embalming fluid. So everytime you smoke you are embalming your self and you friends and family.

If you want to smoke, thats fine, but you are saving the Cornor alot of time

Answer 7

I don't have children but my roommate does and we watch when and where we smoke in the apt mnd in the cars. Ithink that smoking around children will increase the chance that the child will smoke when they get older

Answer 8

Well, I'm a smoker (trying to quit now), but I have never EVER, and WOULD never smoke in front of my grandmother, my child, and definitely not my mother. Its disrespectful to me, and I would never want my child learning bad habits from me. So yes, I am concerned, and I just would not want my child picking up a bad habit, or smelling cigarettes.

Answer 9

I wonder the same thing, my boyfriend's mother spokes all the time and when I have a child I am seriously considering either asking her to quit or not bringing the child to her house. Because I have asthma from my mother smokign when I was a baby and I don't want my child exposed to that if I can prevent it.

Answer 10

I don't have children, so no, I don't think about it. But I never smoke indoors, even if it's allowed. I think it's rude unless I'm in a bar because I know there shouldn't be children there.