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Originally Posted by jaysay

Was reading an article this morning about a report which came out yesterday regarding children smoking. Nurses went into schools in the Blackburn, Hyndburn Ribble Valley area, to find out how serious a problem smoking was amongst young people, the findings were frightening to say the least. They found that kinds were starting secondary school already hooked on cigarettes, one teach reported that there was one young lad who was very disruptive in class because he hadn't had his fix, they also found one lad aged 9 who was totally addicted. But the worst thing to come out was that in quite a lot of cases parents were actually giving 11 and 12 year olds ciggies as a reward for being good, just what is going on

I had a 12 year old in surgery, with her Mum. She is asthmatic.
I asked if she smoked, she said 'Yes. About 15 a day'
'How can you afford this?' I asked. 'Doesn't it make your breathing worse?'
Mum chipped in to tell me she buys her fags for her cos... 'Well. Its better than doing drugs.'

er...its a choice? Fags or drugs..... hohum