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Garage Joe

I just caught a bit of today's opening debate. They have one of those guys on who thinks that if they stamp out smoking completely then everyone will live forever. One thing mentioned, probably out of context, was the huge increase in child asthma. Now! I can remember a few decades ago when everyone smoked... everywhere. There was no such incidence of asthma then. Are we better at diagnosing it? Is smoking such an issue?
Should they do the decent thing and ban all vehicles, particularly diesel ones from urban areas?
(Hows that for a non sequitur?

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LazybugMember

My mum used to babysit for Jeremy Vine and his brother Tim and also their mum used to baby sit for me

I have nothing to add about the asthma debate as I don't really know enough to comment apart from I BLOODY HATE SMOKING WITH A PASSION! Foul, revolting, disgusting and evil! JMO

3/24/105:27 AM

Blizz'ardMember 10 years

That confuses me too, Joe.

I can remember visiting grandparents and it taking five minutes for your eyes to adjust to the smog in the room!

There would even be billows of smoke, when the staff room door was opened at school.

Buses and trains were also like travelling clouds and kids always wanted to sit on the top deck of the bus, where smoking was allowed.

I find these reports very suspicious, tbh.

3/24/106:43 AM

KayteeMember 10 years

I worried more about pushing the buggy along with buses etc belching out those fumes at child level

3/24/107:38 AM

Dame_Ann_AverageMember VIP10 years

I'm confused about it too, when I was at school I can't remember anyone having asthma in my class right through from infants to college. Smoking was rife, I was brought up with my mother and grandmother smoking, and never had any chest problems. My three daughters were brought up in a smoke free household and all have asthma. I do smoke, but never smoked in the house while the girls were young and they developed asthma in a smoke free enviroment .

3/24/107:46 AM

DemantoidMember

It's a load of old crap. If they want to blame anything, blame the steady increase in vehicles spewing out filth, not the declining numbers of smokers.
Or - just maybe - it's the fault of the parents of all these delicate little flowers who aren't allowed to catch childhood illnesses any more, or get grubby, or eat mud, or cut themselves and get dirt in it, or do anything else that might help build up their natural immunity to environmental irritants.

3/24/109:02 AM

KayteeMember 10 years

Good point there Dems

3/24/109:31 AM

SezitMember

Joe, I absolutely agree with you. We were brought up with smoking everywhere. I even remember going to the supermarket 25/30 years ago and people would be smoking up and down the aisles whilst doing their food shopping. We also used to get smog, not just fog. It was yellow and choked you, but, there were nowhere near the incidents of asthma etc. like there is today.So, very suspect if you ask me.

3/24/109:35 AM

~Lee~Member

Great post Deman....As a child we were subjected to smoking everywhere including our P5 teacher sat puffing on her cig during class....I smoke and tbvh I am sick sore and tired of being viewed as some sort of Leper....What can I say I'm an imperfect person in an imperfect world.

3/24/1012:20 PM

Yellow RoseMember

The thing that confuses me about the "passive smoking" argument is, many smokers have pets, when their pets die I've never heard of the cause of death being diagnosed as having been caused by passive smoking.

3/24/102:44 PM

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