Reply #26: I grew up in a smoking household

[miss_kitty]

My parents smoked in the house and the car with the windows rolled up. My brother and sister suffered from excruciating earaches and I had bronchitis all my life. I started first hand smoking at the age of 12. Couldn't stop til I was 44.

Christ. We must have smelled like fucking ashtrays as toddlers and kindergartners. How fucking cute is that? Not to mention my brother and sister screaming their heads off in pain, or me barfing up a lung every winter, spring and fall.

Then cancer a few years ago for me. SUWEET!

You know they have to make it a law that kids wear helmets when they bicycle ride, that kids must be properly restrained in the car-all for their protection. Why should the long term health of a kid who is a captive in a vehicle be any different? :shrug:

Thing is, people are fucking nuts. Some still don't make their kids wear helmets, or buckle their kids in and beat the shit out of their kids while believing it's good for them. Some assholes need to be told not to smoke in the car when they're driving their kids around. It's harmful to their health.