Third hand Smoke~ The term that describes the invisible yet toxic brew of gases and particles clinging to smokers hair and clothing, as well as carpeting and furniture, that lingers long after smoke has cleared from a room....
Third hand smoke is extremely harmful to children as they crawl on the carpeting, put there fingers and toys in there mouths.Gives us a entirely new perspective on someone holding your baby/ child after they have just finished smoking.........
$453 MILLLION is spent in the state of Missouri by Tobacco Company's each year to recruit replacement smokers......That's trying to get our Kids to smoke!....That just makes me sick!
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Candice - posted on 01/23/2009
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Rebecca - posted on 04/10/2009
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I do not want to be ugly but my husband had smoked since he was 15 yrs old and kept smoking through having his other 2 kids but I told hime that after our child was born he could quit smoking or he could not hld her until he took a shower after every cigeratte so he tried the patches and had a reaction and he has been stopped since the day she was born. I did not want my child to smell like smoke.
Melissa - posted on 01/23/2009
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OK PEOPLE WAKE UP... stop the crap about he's his own person blah blah... if it was porn, drugs, etc would you react the same way? Good Grief. HE IS NOT HIS OWN PERSON! When you are married/coupled and have family it's time to grow up and stop being selfish!!!!
RESEARCH 3rd hand smoke and show him that eventhough he's not doing it around you the chemicals left on him, his clothes, etc are still harmful to you and your little one. good luck.
Mel - posted on 01/22/2009
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I know how you both feel....my husband smokes too, and he has tried and tried, cold turkey, nicotine patches, prescriptions from the doctor....every method you can think of, and still smokes. I am an ex-smoker (went cold turkey 8 years ago, and haven't touched one since), so I understand how very, very hard it is to quit. The first few years, I still used to get cravings, but was able to resist. My mum has done the same as your husband, she quit for years, and then when a family disaster struck, she took it up again. For my studies at university I have held the lungs of (deceased!) smokers and non-smokers, and the difference really is scary. I have even tried explaining this to my husband, to no avail! I know before I quit that I had tried unsuccessfully many times, and the only reason I WAS successful was because I became unexpectedly pregnant, and had a very good reason to quit. I really don't have an answer to this question....I have tried the supportive wife, the nagging wife, the cold hard facts wife....none of it has worked. All I know was that when I smoked, I was very resentful of people telling me I should quit, and it probably had the opposite effect to what they were trying for. If anyone does have an answer, we would all love to hear it, and you could probably get very rich! Wouldn't it be nice if smoking wasn't so addictive, and they could all quit?
Belinda - posted on 01/23/2009
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I am not a smoker and don't like it much but it is his choice and you can not really stop him. You have to decide if he is worth more to you than you dislike of smoking.
This is something he is respecting you by and not doing it around you and your child. I personally think you need to do the same by letting him be his own person and do what he chooses to do. On the other hand I think you should talk about it once, lay it all out and ask him why and then never talk about it again unless he brings it up.
My friend quit by stopping for a full day once a week then when a month goes by add a further day after two weeks another and so on...