I’m not pregnant and smoking and evil, just curious.
Thanks.
Not what I asked.

Good question – most people these days don’t allow their babies to experiment with smoking to find out if they have a predisposition to it or not. In the old days, though, some babies did experiment with it: http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=J30RMM%2Fgx6SJb%2FAMgGXGAw%3D%3D

All kidding aside, exposure to nicotine gives you a tolerance to it, even years later. So, kids who were exposed to nicotine in the womb probably have a slightly easier time getting used to the nicotine when they try smoking. But tolerance to the drug varies widely among people, so it would be hard to tell if it were from prenatal exposure.

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that if you have not started smoking regularly by age 20 that you probably never will start smoking. I’m 19 years, 8 months old. I’ve been smoking 1 cigarette like every couple of days for the past month and I do not feel addicted. I’d really like to become a regular smoker and I’m really feeling very pressured to smoke. What should I do?

They just say that because most people try it in their teens, so if they’re going to be come smokers, they know earlier. But you can start at any age, if that’s what you want. I’ve seen people start in their 20′s and 30′s. If you start now, you’ll probably become a smoker (though some people never take to it). But — why give in to pressure? If it’s something *you* want to do, fine, it’s your life and you know the risks, but pressure? I don’t know the nature of it, but I’d think twice before giving in.

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President Obama just signed a bill to increase cigarette tax to fund child health care, the first step towards universal health care.

Is this fair to those smokers who do not have children, never plan to have them? And why should smokers shoulder the entire burden?
If somebody can’t afford health care for their kids, STOP HAVING KIDS!
agree? disagree? why?

The bill is stupid.

There is no way the current number of smokers in the country could fund this bill. And the more they raise cigarette taxes, the more smokers will give up their habit. So how does that make sense to anyone with a brain?

Does that mean Obama wants people to START smoking in order to fund it? Or is it… as is more likely the case… his way to slip the bill in, because after all who doesn’t want to slam cigarette smokers more. But once the bill is passed and obviously not getting the funds it needs, then they can start taxing the rest of us even more. Because have you EVER known the government to stop funding their pet causes once they get a bill passed? No, they just raise taxes.

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