Conversation with my 2 year old re: cigarettes
 

So I?m reading a book on the history of cigarettes in America. Title: "The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America"

My 2 year old sees the cover of the book and says ?Cigarettes, Daddy??
?Yeah, cigarettes?.
?Mommy smokes cigarettes??
?Yeah, mommy smokes cigarettes?.
?I smoke cigarettes?.
?No. Daddy and _______ don?t smoke cigarettes, they can make you sick?.
?Mommy smokes cigarettes, I smoke cigarettes?.

:pimp

my dad died from lung cancer when I was 7 years old... so fuck cigarettes...

I've never smoked because of that.

Sounds like she understands second hand smoke already.

Interesting book by the way. In 1904 a woman was imprisoned for 30 days in New York for endangering the morals of her children by smoking in their presence. A number of states initially outlawed cigarettes.

hehe... rolemodels.

time for mommy to quit.

I don't see any reason why I should smoke. Especially after having seen those pictures of totally black and unhealthy lungs.

I think cigarettes, and other tobacco products should be made banned

since tobacco has little if no real value it is time society got rid of it.

for real

This is why it's fucked up for parents to smoke in front of their kids. You're either telling them it's okay to smoke or you're telling them you don't care enough not to endanger your own life. Both the wrong message to be sending.

good for you!

Funny how times change.

My mom sent me to school on Halloween as a pack of "Kool Milds" back in the 3rd grade.

Because they make you look cool! :winkwink:

Agreed !

It pisses me off to be honest. They preach to kids about how bad smoking is, while making them breath in smoke at the same time from their own cigarette...

Get her to say that in front of mommy. Should have some impact.

that's just shows that whatever children sees to their parents, thought it might good, so better not show them when you smokes...

Not a smoker here anyway. :)

Id like to start by asking why you are reading a book on the history of cigarettes?

Then id like to say monkey see monkey do

To learn about the history of cigarettes.

reminds me of the Bill Hicks piece where he is in a truck stop somewhere and the redneck employee ask him while he is reading a book:

Reddneck: "What you reading for?"
Redneck: "We got us a reader"

hicks: "Ive been asked what are you reading, and such, but never what are you reading FOR?"

"I dont know, maybe so i dont end up working at a fucking truck stop?

hilarious.

On topic, Bill Hicks on smoking ..

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z9O1C...eature=related

I could have guessed that :1orglaugh
but why?

Hmmm. I've read about 75 nonfiction books a year for the past 20 years. Have to keep changing the subject or else it gets REALLY repetitive. Just browsing for books and it seemed like it might be interesting.

:2 cents::1orglaugh:thumbsup:Oh crap

2 years old already?? Damn time flies :(

Hmm.. whats the verdict?

The commercials worked on me :disgust

My parents bought me chocolate cigarettes when I was a kid, maybe I should sue them

We had those and bubble gum cigarettes (and those nasty hardlike candy ones that were white with an orange "flame" at the end). The bubble gum were the best because they were wrapped in paper and if you blew just right, you could make "smoke" come out of your cigarette :)

A little over 100 pages in. An excellent book. One of the better I've read in the past year.

TV commercials? Are you that old?

hah I remember those! We thought we were so cool. Thank goodness I never actually started smoking.

don't forget about POPEYE candy smokes...yummy!

that literally makes me sick to my stomach to read, and not because im a smoker. but because we dont need the govt controlling every aspect of our lives.

They still sell those up the road from here. Candy/gum cigarettes. Knock off logos and everything.

Children are like little sponges, they soak up everything around them.

and I see cops throw cigarette butts out the window almost every week while out running errands.

Good Moms smoke weed! ;)

Oh lawd - only a handful of us know the background on that comment. :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh