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• They Say: Secondhand Smoke Worse for Kids Than the Rest of Us

  Ever roll your cart out of the department store, right into a cloud of methane, formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide? If I sound like one of those TheTruth ads, good. I hate when I can't keep my kid from the clutches of the smokers. For 17 years, I had a several-pack-a-day habit. Then I left home for college. Read More... Posted Oct 23 2008, 10:58 AM by JeanneSager with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: smoking, bad parents, babble talk, parental advisory, secondhand smoke, Jeanne Sager, embarassing, they say, thank you for not smoking

• California to Drivers: No Smoking Around Kids

  Nothing takes me back to childhood more than the smell of a freshly lit cigarette. I spent countless hours of the first 16 years of my life sealed inside a Buick with my father, who would puff away on pack after pack of Winston Lights. Ashes settled like snowflakes in my hair, fiery airborne cherries burned holes in my shirts, the turbid, smoky air burrowed deep into the fibers of my winter coats, creating memories like Proustian cookies. Read More... Posted Oct 11 2007, 03:47 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: driving, laws, smoking, health and kids, secondhand smoke