You say you are allergic to cig. smoke, What reactions do you have?
----- Original Message -----
From: sol
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 6:32 AM
Subject: Re: CS>smoke problem, was Re: CS>Re: silver-digest Digest V103 #470
Encourage and support away, but here is something to keep in mind--the
health harm that comes from breathing and living in second-hand smoke are well
documented, every new study that comes out finds that is even more harmful than
previously thought.
Addicted or not, whatever a smoker chooses to put in their own lungs, no
one who truly loves you would smoke in your home, if you dislike it, even if
its their home as well. I'm addicted to caffeine, love coffee, have it most
mornings. But I never brew or drink coffee when David is home. I take care to
wrap used grounds so their odor can't be detected, I wash and dry the coffee
brewer for the same reason. David finds the odor of coffee extremely repellant.
He won't yell at me or smack me for it. But this is his home as well, and I
love him, why would I want to make it unpleasant for him to be in our home?
Say you were living with a person addicted to injected heroin--every time he
shot up, would he hold you down and forcibly inject you as well? That is what
smokers do.
You can filter the air all you please, the smoke products cling to and are
deposited on every surface. And you will likely never get rid of it even if he
quits today and never smokes in the house again.
Yes, I have a bug abut smoking--I'm allergic, can't even stand directly
behind a smoker at the grocery store...
paula
----- Original Message -----
From: Orpha Yoder
Here is a caring challenge, encourage the smoker to
give up the nicotine and then stand by him and give
him the support he needs!
