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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Grainne who wrote (14747)	4/27/1998 7:43:00 PM
From: Jack Clarke	Respond to of 20981

Christine, the mainstream medical reports and studies about the dangers of second-hand smoke? I think there is some evidence, but not too strong. Also there are the usual anecdotal reports. I agree with you about smokers' showing consideration for others. The burden of responsibility, it seems to me, is on the one who changes the ambient environment, e.g., turning on a loud radio in a quiet park or blowing smoke into a fresh air environment. Awarding child custody on the basis of parental smoking seems extreme to me, unless the child has some respiratory problem. Lord knows I grew up in a smoke filled house, as did many kids during WWII. All the adults wanted to look like Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in those days, I guess, with the ever present cigarette. Jack