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   Freedom from London says:

   May 17, 09:28

   If there was one shred of truth in this propaganda then, from say around 1900, through the 10s 20s, 30s, 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 00s right to 2007 any such evidence of this would have been known LonG before now ! There would have been evidence of 10s of millions of cot deaths in the uk alone !
   Most certainly as most of the population enjoyed tobacco throughout all those decades & especially through the war years & long after to present day. There would have been massive & obvious epidemics of cot deaths. But that has NEVER been the case !
   THAT is your proof !
   Anyone can conveniently ‘link anything to anything’ to attempt to ‘prove’ if they have a paid, biased, underhanded agenda to do so.
   I choose to link cot deaths to the Chernobyl nuclear explosion fallout… now disprove that !!!
   Or how about aerosol cans & fridges with CFCs, Acid Rain fall… Cyanide used to make paper, textiles & plastics (toys that children touch & suck) lead in Chinese toys. How about skin absorption from plastics ? Or how about household chemical sprays, gas central heating, vehicle & aircraft exhaust & fuel dumping pollution ???
   But oh no…it has to be peaceful tobacco users… RUBBISH !!!
   If that had been the case then hardly any of us would have survived since WWII, let alone since WW1… Why do we have so many elderly pensioners ???
   And as for IQ, our nation has long been noted & renowned for our innovation abilities & skills. Aided by peaceful contemplation, enjoying tobacco.

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   Should smoking be banned in the home?

   No
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   George from cambridgeshire says:

   May 17, 09:25

   correction to my last comment Nothing should be banned in your own home(as long as its legal)

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   Should smoking be banned in the home?

   No
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   George from cambridgeshire says:

   May 17, 09:23

   certainly, if no children living at that address. My worry is the way the world is going we soon will not be able to have sex at home,in case the children hear. For heavens sake we are all adults. Trouble is there are to many people making silly rules and not being constructive in the work place. No wonder things are hard in uk at the moment.

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   Should smoking be banned in the home?

   Yes
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   Faye from Portsmouth says:

   May 17, 09:17

   Freedom: no one, not even the researchers, are suggesting that if you smoke around your baby then he or she WILL die of cot death, just that the majority of cot deaths that do occur are linked to smoking in pregnancy and in the same room once the baby is born. It has been as a high risk factor, and one that is totally preventable.
   New research is being discovered all the time- it wasn't until 1991 that the 'back to sleep' campaign was launched which is estimated to have saved hundreds of thousands of lives since. This research is similar in that it is new- hopefully in 10 years no one will have smoked around babies and the cot death rates will have fallen by 90%.
   once upon a time people laughed at Columbus for suggesting the world was round. Or at Copernicus for suggesting we were not the centre of the universe. only 150 years ago people mocked Darwin for his Theory of Evolution. All three of these have been proven to be correct. Broaden your mind.
   Possibly all those items you mentioned can cause damage to children's health. I know of many recalls for leaded-paint toys etc. But that does not mean that smoke does not cause cot death. How can it not? If a pregnant mother smokes in pregnancy each cigarette prevents oxygen reaching the baby's developing brain for 15 seconds, and restricts the blood flow to the body and vital organs for 15 minutes. It can damage the placenta, resulting in a higher occurance of underweight babies, premature births (both major risk factors for cot death), and stillbirths. It leads to birth defects die to the restricted oxygen and blood and can cause the part of the brain that regulated breathing to become under developed. Hence the higher risk of a cot death.
   Even IF smoking did not cause cot death/ health problems (which it so obviously does), why should I, as a non-smoker, be FORCED to stink of fags? To have my hair, clothes, property etc contaminated with smoke? As a smoker you have the responsibility to ensure your smoke does no affect any other person without their consent.
   you are so obviously in denial about your own habit and the damage it is doing to your own body.

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   Should smoking be banned in the home?

   Yes
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   J from Leeds says:

   May 16, 21:57

   I always smoke outside of the house in the garden, I prefer to smoke in this way.
   I go outside regardless of the weather, nothing would make me smoke indoors - I honestly can't stand the smell of stale smoke.

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