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Originally Posted by timewarrior2001
Touching no doubt, smoking is bad.
However its not just snoking that affects asthma in adults as well as children so lets not pretend it is huh?
Lets not preach to others when the very core of our civilisation, industry and the internal combustion engine, can cause as much if not more damage than a cigarette.
I have smoked on and off since I was 17.
I went to join a gym yesterday and my PEF reading was off the scale, compared to my non smoking partner who could only manage 350, I hit 900 plus.
Thats 900 litres of air an hour apparently, so much for smoking affecting the lungs.
I live in a heavily industrialised area, my parents both smoked, my mother longer than my father, they have both now quit. I smoke, and yet I can see no physical problems with myself. Doesnt mean its ok to smoke I understand that, but some people are more suseptible than others.
And yet we have children, many of whom live in smoke free houses, in the countryside and suffer from asthma, isnt it about time we looked for other causes other then blaming the cigarette for all childhood illnesses such as asthma?
Asthma was a lot more common when I was gorwing up than it is now, I know of only 2 children who suffer from it, yet at school most kids carried an inhaler.
I know I sound like I am defending smoking I'm not, but lets just lay of it a little bit huh? Its not solely to blame for the illnesses in our kids.
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No, let's NOT lay off smoking. Just because there are other contributing factors to asthma does not mean I should stop warning people about the dangers of it.
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Originally Posted by timewarrior2001
However its not just snoking that affects asthma in adults as well as children so lets not pretend it is huh?
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I never was "pretending" it was. Of course there are other things that cause and worsen the condition.
However not smoking is just plain common sense when you do have asthma.
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Originally Posted by timewarrior2001
Asthma was a lot more common when I was gorwing up than it is now, I know of only 2 children who suffer from it, yet at school most kids carried an inhaler.
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You appear to contradict yourself here.
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Originally Posted by timewarrior2001
I know I sound like I am defending smoking I'm not, but lets just lay of it a little bit huh? Its not solely to blame for the illnesses in our kids.
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What is the benefit of "laying off it". It's clear that there are some parents who have no concept of the damage it can do or are seriously deluded or dumb. I feel the need for evangelism is great.