Cigarettes Are Even Worse for Kids Than We Thought

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:30:00 GMT

And yet again experts have found that smoking cigarettes is bad for you and everyone around you. Researchers have identified a little known nicotine threat they're calling third-hand smoke: the toxins left behind in a smoker's hair, clothes, and environment long after they've put out their cigarette.

It's particularly important that smokers with kids know about this new threat, since common wisdom has long held that parents can smoke outside or in the car if their kids aren't around. It turns out that the carcinogenic residue left behind by cigarettes can be ingested by babies and children who have never been exposed to second-hand smoke.

Here are just a few of the toxins found in third-hand smoke: carbon monoxide, lead, and arsenic. Probably not stuff you'd like your kids to be ingesting.

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Third Hand Smoke Can Harm Your Kids

Mommy Needs a Smoke

Rachael Brownell (Redsy) — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:01:00 GMT

Raising children is like taming a wild octopus high on crack, but in a good way. Naturally, parents are often quite interested in ways to relax and unwind after a long arduous day of 'rearing. It's high octane, baby! Which is why Mommy and Daddy and Daddy and Mommy need to C.H.I.L.L.

Luckily, there are plenty of ways to do this that don't involve swearing, screaming, spanking, or drinking...

For example, you could take up exercise. Or? You could eat more fruits and vegetables. Or meditate. Or practice tantric sex.

Or smoke a nicotine-free fancy European cigarette?? You bet!!

In an imperfect world full of parents with truly destructive habits I support finding alternatives that are still edgy but retain an element of health. And sure, we don't want to set a bad example for the kids by smoking away their youth... but we also don't want to be uptight yellers who never have any fun or sell our babies on craigslist.

A good friend of mine is using the Gamucci as a way to quit smoking and it's really working! I don't smoke, but if I decide to start, this is where I'm stocking up!

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