OKay then explain this:
Secondhand smoke contains more than 4,000 substances. More than 40 of these substances are known to cause cancer in people or animals.
Infants and young children whose parents smoke have more lower respiratory tract infections, including pneumonia and bronchitis. Secondhand smoke causes between 150,000 and 300,000 such infections every year in children under age 18 months, and between 7,500 and 15,000 are so severe they require hospitalization. Children who breathe secondhand smoke also have more ear infections, and infants exposed to secondhand smoke run a higher risk of
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. <----- ( WOW no real worries eh)
The EPA estimates secondhand smoke worsens asthma in between 200,000 and 1 million children with the disease. What’s more, children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are more likely to develop a new case of asthma as well.
Secondhand smoke is estimated to cause between 38,000 and 65,000 deaths among nonsmokers every year, making it the third leading cause of preventable death in this country
Second-hand smoke linked to cognitive impairment (Previous findings suggested that second-hand smoke exposure could impair cognitive development in children and adolescents.)
Children of smokers have more than 5 times higher levels of a nicotine toxin Nearly 40% of under-fives are believed to be exposed to tobacco smoke at home, and smoke may be responsible for up to 6,000 deaths per year in young children.
Children's IQ Can Be Affected By Mother's Exposure To Urban Air Pollutants, Study Suggests the study found that children exposed to high levels of PAHs in New York City had full scale and verbal IQ scores that were 4.31 and 4.67 points lower, respectively than those of less exposed children. High PAH levels were defined as above the median of 2.26 nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3).
If these above links dont make you think twice before lighting up around children and adults then your nuts. Even if they dont have problems now your still looking at a chance of problems later...my fiance has asthma (bad) b/c her grandmother smoked around her as a child.....her medications sometimes could reach up 600 plus dollars every month (thank GOd for insurance and free samples). If she didn't get these medications she could die from asthma. ( its called not being able to breath and then sufficate to death) So not taking asthma seriously is wrong. Putting a child at risk of health problems (present, future) is child abuse.....if you think its not then that is like saying IM going to dangle this child over a rail that is 200ft in the air. The child may have a chance to fall but thats okay if the child falls I didn't mean to. Im sure you guys are great parents but how would you feel if your child developed cancer or some kind of problems that will cost them thousands later in life all because of 2nd hand smoke....Jeesh folks a child's body is growing, you dont know what your child is sensitive to. You can damage brain cells, the lungs, or who knows what. Then by time there older it will be to late to reverse its damage.
