I agree that a ban on smoking in the home is impossible to enforce (whether the smoke is from from mainstream smoke, sidestream smoke, second-hand or third-hand passive smoking), caretakers of children need to be well informed of this new information and enforce a non-smoking ban in their home for their own family.
Many parents have discarded some plastic baby bottles that released harmful chemicals. Many other parents avoided artificial Christmas trees this year, as they heeded the warning that some trees contain lead. Do these same safety-conscious parents know that passive smoke (whether second- or third-hand) contains LEAD...as well as 250 additional types of poisonous gases, chemicals and metals?! Some of them include carbon monoxide, butane, ammonia, toluene (found in paint thinners), arsenic (rat poison), lead, chromium (used to make steel), cadmium (used to make batteries), and polonium-210 (a highly radioactive carcinogen).
So, while a state or government home-ban may not be enforceable, parents and caregivers can absolutely ban the use of tobacco in their homes, in order to keep their child(ren) safe! If they are traveling, parents can choose to keep their child away from these harmful chemicals (just like they would not take their child to a house with asbestos, lead or other known harmful substance) by staying with non-smoking relatives and/or at a non-smoking hotel.
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I agree that a ban on smoking in the home is impossible to enforce (whether the smoke is from from mainstream smoke, sidestream smoke, second-hand or third-hand passive smoking), caretakers of children need to be well informed of this new information and enforce a non-smoking ban in their home for their own family.
Many parents have discarded some plastic baby bottles that released harmful chemicals. Many other parents avoided artificial Christmas trees this year, as they heeded the warning that some trees contain lead. Do these same safety-conscious parents know that passive smoke (whether second- or third-hand) contains LEAD...as well as 250 additional types of poisonous gases, chemicals and metals?! Some of them include carbon monoxide, butane, ammonia, toluene (found in paint thinners), arsenic (rat poison), lead, chromium (used to make steel), cadmium (used to make batteries), and polonium-210 (a highly radioactive carcinogen).
So, while a state or government home-ban may not be enforceable, parents and caregivers can absolutely ban the use of tobacco in their homes, in order to keep their child(ren) safe! If they are traveling, parents can choose to keep their child away from these harmful chemicals (just like they would not take their child to a house with asbestos, lead or other known harmful substance) by staying with non-smoking relatives and/or at a non-smoking hotel.
January 6, 2009 - 1:39pmThis Comment
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