cate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You do sound defensive even if you taking the > p***. My attitude towards smoking has changed > because I have seen lots of health problems caused > (not only to children) by smoking. Lung cancer, > emphysema, leg amputations due to circulation > problems caused by smoking are a few. I used to > live next to a couple who were heavy smokers and > the smoke came up through the floorboards into my > under-stairs cupboard in my kitchen. It was foul. > I could hear them coughing all the time through > the walls in the house. The smoke used to waft > over the garden fence into my garden. No one > thinks a smoking related illness will happen to > them. The optimism of youth. Don't worry, they're probably dead now. That'll learn them.