Children and second hand tobacco/marijuana smoke.

[marijuanavillebilly]

Would any of you be in favor of a ban of parents to smoke in the presence of their children?

do you think its right to make it illegal for kids to smoke till their 18, but live in a smoke infested home, and forced to smoke because their parents don't care about their childrens well being?

if your a parent don't come bashing me, i want to hear your side of the story, i want to hear your opinion, not you emotions towards me.

every one in the United States of America is intitled to the right of happyness and well being, right?

so how is giving your kid cancer, emphysema, asthma, and other uncureable diseses intitleing them happyness and well being?

just my :twocents:
:thumbsup: MVB :thumbsup:

marijuanavillebilly Reviewed by marijuanavillebilly on 02-27-2008. Children and second hand tobacco/marijuana smoke. Would any of you be in favor of a ban of parents to smoke in the presence of their children? do you think its right to make it illegal for kids to smoke till their 18, but live in a smoke infested home, and forced to smoke because their parents don't care about their childrens well being? if your a parent don't come bashing me, i want to hear your side of the story, i want to hear your opinion, not you emotions towards me. every one in the United States of America is intitled to the Rating: 5

[Xyz505]

I alawys hated that my parents smoked tobacco but they never cared about kids i tryed tobacco when i was really young and i think i picked it up from my parents. But yea i think smoking tobacco is seriouse problem i used to smoke it but it makes me feel so bad and kinda sick when i smoke weed my body never feels sick as tobacco does

[Mr. Clandestine]

Would any of you be in favor of a ban of parents to smoke in the presence of their children?

do you think its right to make it illegal for kids to smoke till their 18, but live in a smoke infested home, and forced to smoke because their parents don't care about their childrens well being?

if your a parent don't come bashing me, i want to hear your side of the story, i want to hear your opinion, not you emotions towards me.

every one in the United States of America is intitled to the right of happyness and well being, right?

so how is giving your kid cancer, emphysema, asthma, and other uncureable diseses intitleing them happyness and well being?

just my :twocents:
:thumbsup: MVB :thumbsup:

I'm the proud parent of a three year old boy, and I also happen to be a smoker... well, an intermittent smoker. I promised my wife when she took that first pregnancy test that I'd give up the cigarettes, and I really thought I meant it, too. Still, to this day, I'm struggling to let go of the habit.

Neither of my parents smoked when I was growing up, so I lucked out there. But I had asthma when I was younger, and every time I'd go somewhere that smoking was allowed (some restaurants, bowling alleys, etc.), I'd walk out barely able to breathe. I'm not really sure how I even ended up smoking in the first place, as my doctors always told me how bad it would be for me in particular to pick up the habit. Still, I did, and now I'm suffering for it.

Luckily, I remember how hard it was to breathe whenever I was around smoky rooms as a kid, and so I make doubly sure that my son never comes in contact with the second-hand smoke. My wife doesn't smoke, and so I also have her constantly on my ass when I smoke in the house. I feel physically sick when I see parents smoking inside of vehicles with their helpless kids in tow. It infuriates me when I see the windows rolled up, leaving the kid with nowhere to turn to for clean air. You're right, children should have a choice whether or not they want to breathe clean air, or carcinogenic-noxious second-hand smoke filled air. Seems like the choice should be pretty obvious to parents, but sadly, it seldom is.

[Nailhead]

What are you going to do, send police inside people's private homes to make sure they aren't smoking in front of their kids? Come on, you can't enforce a ban like this without infringing on people's rights to privacy. Plus you always have at least one crazed liberal that wouldn't want the parent to even be on the same property smoking while their kid is nearby.

I'd say child obesity is far more of a problem endangering many more kids than parents smoking tobacco/pot. I'm not saying that's good to do, but just that it's not as prevalent as over-feeding their kids. You can't expect big-government to solve these issues, it all comes down to quality parenting which cannot possibly be monitored by government.

[marijuanavillebilly]

this is the stuff im talking about.

i talked with my parents about this at a resturant yesterday, they thought prohibiting tobacco would be the answer.....*trying not to laugh*

i had to expalin about the 1910-1934 when the prohibition of alcohol was cooked up, told them what had came crawling out of it, and reminded them of the prohibition of today and compared the two.

but IMHO i think parents shouldn't even think about smoking around their kids, they uselly are to nieve or young to do anything about their parents unintentional harm to their child.

[stinkyattic]

I just noticed this thread and I'm sticking it in the health section actually, but I wanted to chime in too.
My mother and her two sisters all have respiratory problems from their parents smoking in the house when they were small. They [my grandparents] never meant any harm; they just didn't know better, and in sadly ironic twist of fate, both of them died of smoking related cancer.
While I feel that it's a fine line between preventing child abuse and infringing on our rights to privacy within the home, at the very least, education on the matter could certainly be stepped up. I think that behaviours that lead to later health problems in a child involuntarily exposed to them, such as secondhand cigarette smoke and over-processed foods, amount to passive child abuse. If a child DIES because of something the parents did (or didn't do) out of stupidity, they are charged with child endangerment or manslaughter by gross negligence. It's equally important not to allow any excuses with health problems that are non-fatal, or at least take longer to show up.
Not that our under-funded child welfare services can really handle a bigger case-load...

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

What are you going to do, send police inside people's private homes to make sure they aren't smoking in front of their kids? Come on, you can't enforce a ban like this without infringing on people's rights to privacy. Plus you always have at least one crazed liberal that wouldn't want the parent to even be on the same property smoking while their kid is nearby.

Shouldn't it be illegal to beat and molest your kids then? What's the government going to do, have the police check inside your home to make sure you don't sexually and physically assault your kids?

Well, not really, because these types of cases are based on people outside the house finding out.

I'd say child obesity is far more of a problem endangering many more kids than parents smoking tobacco/pot. I'm not saying that's good to do, but just that it's not as prevalent as over-feeding their kids. You can't expect big-government to solve these issues, it all comes down to quality parenting which cannot possibly be monitored by government.

True, but how you feed your kids is too wishy-washy to enforce. There's no exact science as to what exactly you can feed them, how much, and when to allow them a sugary treat. Smoking is strait-up bad for them each and every time, it's not a necessity like food, and there's no debate as to which smoke is good and which is bad to put into their lungs.

I'm all for keeping government out of the home too, but laws protecting kids are necessary as well. Forcing them to live in a smoke-filled house so their respiratory tract can be fucked the rest of their lives is strait-up neglect and abuse.

[gardener88]

i believe that it shouldnt be banned around children, if the parents make the choice of smoking around there child then thats up to them, i think its silly smoking around them, well it depends,
i smoke around my son, he's nearlly a year old, but only smoke up the window, (normal ciggeretts) and i smoke cannabis when he is in bed.
so dont think that i am hurting him, here in the uk,
all mothers smoked around their kiddies in the 80's and you look at thoes children now, some of them are at university, got good jobs, etc.... so believe its ok to a certain extent.

[L Rag]

Yeah man sounds like a good idea, everybody has the right to clean lungs and shit... But it'd be bloody hard to implement, how could the cops know when someone's smoking inside?

[texas grass]

a law like that shouldnt even be talked about in america" not a free country atleast"

parents should respect the health of their kids and if they dont then they probibly dont care for their kids as much as they say they do.