I do smoke, lets get that out of the way first and yes I know about the risks and I am hoping to stop smoking. I have smoked since the age of 13. I do not smoke in the house and NEVER would I smoke in the same room as a child, although I do know people who do.
The NHS Websites Says:
When someone smokes a cigarette, the smoke from the burning tip stays in the air. So does the smoke they breathe out. Smoke can stay in the air for up to two and a half hours. It may still be there even if you can’t see it or smell it.
This also applies in small enclosed places, such as cars. Smoke may still be present in large amounts even after the person has stopped smoking.
Children and passive smoking
Breathing in secondhand smoke is particularly harmful for children. Children who breathe in secondhand smoke have an increased risk of:
- cot death (sudden infant death syndrome or SIDS) – this is twice as likely in babies whose mothers smoke
- developing asthma – smoking can also trigger asthma attacks in children who already have the condition
- serious respiratory (breathing) conditions such as bronchitis and pneumonia – younger children are also much more likely to be admitted to hospital for a serious respiratory infection
- meningitis
- coughs and colds
- middle ear disease, such as otitis media (a middle ear infection), which can cause hearing loss
Children who grow up with a parent or family member who smokes are also about twice as likely to start smoking later in life.
If you’re a parent who smokes, it will be hard to explain to your children why they shouldn’t start smoking. Try to lead by example and quit. As well as improving your heath and theirs, your children may be less likely to start smoking later in life. See below for where to get support.
To be honest I am a huge hypocrite. I turn my nose up when I see a mother pushing a pram whilst puffing on a cigarette or even worse while they are carrying a child in one arm and have a cigarette in the other hand. I do not enjoy smoking and to be honest I actually feel even worse after reading this. This has definitely made me decide to give it up.
Do you smoke in the same room as your child?
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i smoke but never in the same room, or house i always go outside for a fag, i should give up but actually quite enjoy it so it probably wont happen yet, i also enjoy the 2 minutes peace i get when i nip out and watch them from the window xx
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I have never smoked (although I tried) but I’d never (if I did smoke) dream of smoking around kids, I despise people that do but each to their own, good luck on giving up Emma x
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I am 120% against people smoking in the same room as a child… but its up to the person..Im not judging.. Why am I against it?
Please it caused me to have Middle Ear problems..
I couldnt talk to the age of 5 because I had so many ear infections.
I has to gromits twice.
The damage on my ear drums are so bad that my new doctor said I must have had really bad problems.
I cant take part in swimming anymore due to it causing problems.
When I went on holiday Id always end up with ear infections.
Both of my ear drums have popped more than once.
I am partly deaf in one ear.
This is all down to my dad chain smoking around me when I was a baby.
But as I said its up to the parents if they do or dont its not law.
this is just how i feel
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my husbands first memory of his dad is the smell of cigarette smoke. my husband is desperately trying to give up smoking as he doesn’t want our little one’s first memory to be the same.
Even if they don’t see you smoke they can still smell the smoke on you. It actually took me giving up smoking to realise this (hubby srtill smokes and he smells like an ashtray most of the time).
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Never never smoke inside, let alone near the little one. That is a big rule here. Good luck Emma, make sure you are feeling 100% when you ‘opt to be healthy’ xx
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After you have smoked the poisons stay on your clothing and in your hair for up to two hours – during which if you are near or in contact with children you will still be contaminating them with yo to 4,000 cancer causing drugs. Even if you don’t smoke in the room with them you can still pass the damaging chemicals on.
There’s a campaign at the moment to have smoking around children legally labelled as child abuse. Not sure that this will ever happen but IMO it should (sorry if people think that’s harsh – but the facts are the facts and it’s incredibly dangerous)
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I feel very guilty now ;( Def a reason to stop
@The Real Supermum,
did you no that research has shown that if you are in contact with a child that advice is to have a shower and wash hair and change of clothes as its on the body for up to 2 and half hours
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I’m a none smoker (i tried when i was younger but never really liked it) & my OH is an ex smoker (gave up whilst I was expecing our daughter)
I think its each to their own when it comes to this, but I wouldnt want anyone smoking around my child.
I have a friend that smokes in the same room as her kids & they always have a cough or a chest or ear infection, all of them suffer asthma. Nothing officially put down to smoking but she has been told its highly likely the effects of her smoking has caused the problems.
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Simple answer is NO! I don’t smoke but if I did I can 100% say that I would never smoke in the same room as a child. Information about the dangers of second hand smoke is common knowledge and readily available. There is no excuse!
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nope, wouldnt smoke in the same room as a child. Its not fair on them. Whether people smoke, or choose to be around someone who smokes is up to them, but a child generally doesnt get the choice. x
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i know we say dont judge but i just cant abide smoking in any room a child is going to use. the health implications for that child could be catastrophic it is so wrong and irresponsible. a parent has a responsibility for their child. smokin is a persons’ choice and that child has a right to not have their health compremised and should expect their parents to put THEM 1st not themselves. i personally think it is disgusting and unforgivable. i dont think any parent should smoke as it sets the wrong example all together but if they do it the child should be totally protected from it. the worse i think though is in cars!
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in a word no. i stopped when pregnant with my first, my oh half smokes even though he said he would quite before our new one was born and it causes alot of arguements because i go mad at him smelling like smoke and wont let him hold the baby when hes been smoking. that may seem harsh but im not having my child suffer because of his choice
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im not a smoker but my oh used to be and he neer smoked in the same room as our son he always went outside! Hes now quit so were a smoke free home and the house is so much nice even tho he never smoked in the house! Annoys me when i go 2 ppls houses n they smoke and have my sons in the room but i cant tell them 2 stop as its there own homes so i just avoid going if i can but its hard when its family xx
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I don’t smoke but my husband does. We have a very strict “not in the house or in front of the children” rule. My husband says it makes him feel sick when he sees parents smoking in the presence of their children.
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i was a child who literally every smoker family member used to smoke in the same room as me. looking back now, that makes me feel sick! Tho now I am a smoker and have been since the age of 12! I gave up through both my pregnacies and didnt touch aciggarette throughout the time i was knowingly preg. I have to admit tho, I do smoke while pushing the buggy and my kids do see me smoke! this I am at fault for and this I need to and will change!
i smoke have done for 5 years and to be honest i enjoy it, altho never in the same room as my little one, well infact never in the house, its the only bit of enjpyment i get at the moment, altho i know i need to stop soon as i dont want my child to do so i cant be a hypocrtie really,xx
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I do smoke but i NEVER smoke in the house, even when i lived at my mums with her and they smoked in the house (i couldnt really ask her not to in her own house) i still went outside to smoke. I will smoke when we are out together but not while i’m holding her or even when pushing the buggy, i will stop and stand so the wind is blowing in the opposite direction and then do it as odd as that sounds lol. If i smoke then fair enough but i’m not gonna make my baby smoke too! xx
id never smoke in the same room as my child or any other child for that matter, i dont smoke anyway so thats one less stress lol xx
i smoke.. but will never smoke infront of my child or anyone elses, just because ive got a bad habit doesnt mean i should fill up a childs lungs with it, now my mil smokes infront of my 5 year old step daughter which i can not say anything to but she dont smoke infront of my 11month old and never has done, xx
I have no problem with people smoking and having a child.. but i dont agree in smoking in the same room as your child. At the end of the day you make the choice to smoke, your little one doesnt get that choice when they inhale the secondhand smoke from you . I wouldnt want someone forcing me to smoke so i wouldnt do it to my son x
I am an ex smoker gave up as soon as I found out I was pregnant and have not picked it up since. My little girl is nw 7 weeks old. I do crave them but I don’t want her around the smoke as its so damaging for her and I couldn’t smoke around her. If I go to peoples houses who smoke, even though they smoke indoors normally, i let them know in advance and they don’t smoke in the house at all that day till were gone. I hate seeing mums pushing prams or carrying there kids and smoking. But theuy thing I hate most are the ppl who are pregnant and carry on smoking despite the number of risks they are putting onto their child.
I smoke but never in the sameroom! I will give up 1 day but atm I’m enjoyin smoking :/ witch sounds weird but I do xx
i used to smoke and gave up when my first was 6months old never ever did i smoke in the same room and never would i let anyone else no xx
I am a smoker and I never smoke in the same room as my son!! I smoke during the day in my lean to where my washer and freezer is and everyone else has to abide by this rule when coming in to my house at night I smoke in the kitchen or will have one in bed (son is not allowed in my bedroom) xx
One thing I get mad at is parents smoking at the school gates!! Really peeves me off, yes I will have a cig on the school run but I always do it away from school out of fairness on those that dont smoke and the children. I dont smoke around my own son so dont want others doing it either and out of respect I dont do it to others either
I some but have never smoked in the house… Always in garden, would like to stop but zero willpower xx