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My mom smoked all through her pregnancy with me, and probably through most of the labor. My fingers and toes are ok, but I am pretty ugly, and until I left home for college in 1976, I smelled like smoke.

I question the science behind this, but even if it were solidly shown that smoking causes birth defects, this thread would not look much different than it does now and will as the posts mount. Smoking never appealed to me, but those of you who like it must REALLY enjoy it. Light up and lighten up.

(And that newspaper photo out of Roanoke, Va is hilarious). I immediately printed it.

I question the science behind this, but even if it were solidly shown that smoking causes birth defects, this thread would not look much different than it does now and will as the posts mount.

I also question the science, but disagree if it were solidly shown to be true things would not be different on this thread.

But the point is there is nothing solid shown here. even a 78% "increase in risk" is so far from being statistically significant that it means nothing. If they were saying an increased risk of over 200%, we would be talking something entirely different.

Smoking never appealed to me, but those of you who like it must REALLY enjoy it. Light up and lighten up.

You assume too much here. . .and yes, my parents smoked as well; and I have great feet (!) . . .

That humbly noted, I do not smoke and neither does my husband - who gave it up, post college - I hate almost everything about it. . .save a persons 'right' to avail oneself, to what is still, a legal substance.

I hate even more than someone needing a cigarette; a person who hypocritically damn's a citizen's right to engage. . .

While some. . .'care'; their care is misplaced; thanks mostly to those who 'claim' to care about the next generation of toes, feet. . .hearts. . .lives of children and adults. ..the environment et al and ad nauseum. . .

These people care first and foremost about their own wallets and their bank accounts. . .and for those who like 'power' there is a special payoff here. . .they really do like undermining if not controlling, the choices of others.

Meantime, many of these same protesters of cigarette smoking, would probably vote as well and in a heartbeat. . .to legalize marijuana. . .and probably think giving alcohol to the 'addicted homeless' is a great idea. . .