Well when one becomes a parent you do your best at making sure your child/children are safe and healthy. So why are some parent's in
denial about what their actions, and what does it really say to their children. How can you be mad at a child if you the parent is doing the exact same behaviors or lifestyle. I was
raised to be a person to treat others how you wish to be treated, to always do your best at what is
in front of you, family is important etc.... Those were just a few things I took way from my childhood. Now as the time approaches Tom and I will be the ones to teach our child/children the right from wrong and what is important to us. One big thing for us is our child/children health and will be right till they grow up and than they will be making their own decides for themselves and their family. We want our child/children to be
involved in activities, doesn't matter if it's sports or something else but whatever they want to be in but they are not sitting
in front of the computer all day. Another thing is that we want them in a smoke free environment. Smoking way back when my 101 yr old grandfather who passed away August 2006 was a boy/young adult was told by
advertisements etc. that smoking was sexy and great. But that was years ago and what year are we living in now? We now know the effects of smoking on the smoker and the people around them. Smoke gets into everything and everywheres. It turns white walls yellow and soaks into everything that is around it and stays in it. Sometime takes a few washes to finally get smoke out of clothes etc. Here is just some
information on smoking and children.What's in second-hand smoke
Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 substances, of which more than 40 are known to cause cancer.
These carcinogens include:
arsenic. nickel, chromium, cadmium, lead, polonium-210, vinyl chloride, formaldehyde, benz(a)anthracene, benzo[b]fouoranthene, benzo[j]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene, chrysene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene, dibenzo[a,I]pyrene, dibenzo[a,l]pyrene, indeno [1,2,3-c,d]pyrene, 5-methylchrysene, quinoline, dibenz[a,h]acridine, dibenz[a,j]acridine, 7H-dibenzo[c,g]carbazole, N-nitrosodimethylamine, N-nitrosoethylmethylamine, N-nitrosodiethylamine, N-snitrosopyrrolidine, N-nitrosodimethylamine, N’-nitrosonornicotine, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone, N’-nitrosoanabasine, N-nitrosomorpholine, 2-toluidine, 2-naphthylamine, 4-aminobiphenyl, acetaldehyde, crotonaldehyde, benzene, acrylonitrile, 1,1-dimethylhydrazine, 2-nitropropane, ethylcarbamate, hydrazine.
Even if smoking is restricted to a single room, the harmful constituents of cigarette smoke can be dispersed throughout the house. Many of these highly dangerous chemicals are in invisible gas form.
Second-hand smoke (which is sometimes called environmental tobacco smoke or ETS) contains toxic substances, over 40 of which cause cancer. Some of these substances are in stronger concentrations in second-hand smoke than they are in the smoke that goes directly into smokers’ lungs.
ETS is causally linked with a number of adverse health effects in children (under 18), including:
- lower respiratory tract infections (i.e. croup, bronchitis and pneumonia)
- increased fluid in the middle ear
- upper respiratory tract irritation
- reduced lung function
- additional episodes of asthma
- increased severity of asthmatic symptoms in children
- reduced oxygen flow to tissues, comparable to children with anemia, cyanotic heart disease or chronic lung disease †
ETS is also associated with:
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- acute middle ear infections (otitis media)
- tonsillectomy
- meningococcal infections
- cancers and leukemias in childhood
- slower growth
- adverse neurobehavioural effects
- upper respiratory tract infections (colds and sore throats)
- unfavorable cholesterol levels and initiation of atherosclerosis (heart disease)
Why kids are especially vulnerable
Young children are especially vulnerable to second-hand smoke in the home because:
- they breathe more air relative to body weight (and for the same level of exposure will absorb more tobacco smoke toxins)
- they are less able to complain (either because they are too young, or because their complaints are ignored)
- their immune system is less protective
- they are less able to remove themselves from exposure
