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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
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Subject: Smoking as child abuse
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Date: Fri, 24-May-85 09:48:42 EDT
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	The Washington Post Health section ran an essay this week by
a pediatrician who stressed the considerable damage that parents who
smoke do to their children (who have no choice in the matter).
	Babies born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy have lower
birth weights and higher incidence of birth defects, particularly
cleft palate. Children whose live in a house with one or more smoking
adults (and who are thus exposed to alot of "second-hand" smoke) gain
weight more slowly, and have a much higher incidence of asthma, allergies
and other respiratory problems. They get more colds and take longer to
recover.
	So, even if you don't give a damn about the general public and
feel you have the right to be as publicly obnoxious as you want, please -
if you love your children, stop smoking NOW.
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jcpatilla

"'Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill !'"