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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Smoking During Pregnancy Can Lead to Heart Problems When Baby's Grown Up

Karen Murphy — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:21:00 GMT

A new Dutch report says that pregnant women who smoke can cause permanent damage to their child's circulatory system, increasing risks for heart disease and stroke later in life. Yikes! This is in addition to what we already knew about risks of compromised intrauterine growth and low birth weight. 732 people born between 1970 and 1973 were studied, and it was found that at the age of 30, the adult children of the 215 mothers who smoked during their pregnancy had thicker walls of the carotid arteries in the neck (an early sign of atherosclerosis) compared with adult children whose mothers didn't smoke. What about the fathers? Turns out, their smoking has an effect as well: if both parents smoked during pregnancy, by age 30, their children had thicker artery walls than people with one smoking parent or parents who did not smoke. Which certainly reinforces the notion that secondhand smoke is harmful.

The moral here: Please, for your kids, don't smoke around them, both in and out of the womb (the patch may be an alternative).

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Smoking During Pregnancy Can Lead to Heart Problems When Baby's Grown Up