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3. Nothing wrong with smoking when pregnant? nt

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Sat Sep 13, 2014, 09:16 PM

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I was spanked as a kid in the 60s...... [View all] Logical Sep 2014 OP

There is nothing wrong with some of those days. former9thward Sep 2014 #1

Nothing wrong with smoking when pregnant? nt Logical Sep 2014 #3

How come you did not answer my question? former9thward Sep 2014 #15

Well...... Logical Sep 2014 #22

I have never read a scientific study on the subject former9thward Sep 2014 #30

LOL, do you work for big tobacco? nt Logical Sep 2014 #31

Personal insults all you have? former9thward Sep 2014 #36

LOL, no, jut studies you disagree with. Even though you "never saw one"! :-) Logical Sep 2014 #50

Actually, I'm curious too... daschess1987 Sep 2014 #53

Most people were spanked and most people turned out just fine. former9thward Sep 2014 #56

The beating you're referring to wasn't a spanking daschess1987 Sep 2014 #61

I did not refer to any beating if you bothered to read my posts. former9thward Sep 2014 #70

You've never read a study on it? laundry_queen Sep 2014 #51

I would give up on this one. He/She is determined to think smoking while pregnant is ok. nt Logical Sep 2014 #58

Nicotine is soluable in fat intaglio Sep 2014 #76

There are many, many studies that show increased correlation between smoking during pregnancy and .. moriah Sep 2014 #94

Nothing wrong with lawn darts? edgineered Sep 2014 #4

Stay in your home. former9thward Sep 2014 #37

Or someone might throw a wrench out edgineered Sep 2014 #45

Fear!, Fear!, Fear! former9thward Sep 2014 #71

Please answer this question - edgineered Sep 2014 #72

No, I deal in the real world. former9thward Sep 2014 #84

If you like to banter, edgineered Sep 2014 #85

I read it. former9thward Sep 2014 #86

Of course not edgineered Sep 2014 #87

Actually most people in a bar-- if its crowded -- are not that aware of a dart game. former9thward Sep 2014 #88

'nuff said. I am not your enemy edgineered Sep 2014 #89

Agree. former9thward Sep 2014 #90

That's too funny! edgineered Sep 2014 #91

I adore lawn darts! Mojorabbit Sep 2014 #78

I can't argue about that edgineered Sep 2014 #79

So, statistically some were not fine treestar Sep 2014 #6

Who was not fine? former9thward Sep 2014 #17

I really am shocked you actually believe that...... Logical Sep 2014 #29

Smoking has dramatically decreased former9thward Sep 2014 #40

The study is not contradicted by that treestar Sep 2014 #47

Ok....... Logical Sep 2014 #48

Now you are running away from asthma. former9thward Sep 2014 #54

I give up. You are right, smoking while pregnant is 100% OK? Encouraged really. You win! nt Logical Sep 2014 #55

Yep, lots of studies out there. Tons, actually. laundry_queen Sep 2014 #57

I know...... Logical Sep 2014 #59

This is literally the dumbest thread I think I've ever seen on DU. nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #74

+1000 nt Logical Sep 2014 #80

seriesly treestar Sep 2014 #44

How come my generation did not have lower birth weights? former9thward Sep 2014 #52

If that is true, it does not follow that smoking is not going to result in treestar Sep 2014 #81

Well, here's what the CDC says. moriah Sep 2014 #95

And my younger sister was rushed repeatedly to the emergency room with life-threatening asthma tblue37 Sep 2014 #12

Why has asthma increased in the U.S. while smoking has decreased? former9thward Sep 2014 #21

Air pollution and other allergenic pollutants in the air and environment. tblue37 Sep 2014 #25

Ahh no. former9thward Sep 2014 #33

That depends on where you are--and where you are depends on your socioeconomic class tblue37 Sep 2014 #42

+1000 nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #75

Whoa. A post that advocates hitting children AND smoking while pregnant. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #13

Don't like science do you? former9thward Sep 2014 #18

I love science! But I hate adults hitting children! (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #19

And you have undisciplined children. former9thward Sep 2014 #24

I had a large role in raising 37 children (my 2 and 35 others) during my 18 years tblue37 Sep 2014 #28

You really think Dorian Gray Sep 2014 #77

Lots of children have developed asthma from smoking parents. I did, and asthma is especially pnwmom Sep 2014 #26

Try again. former9thward Sep 2014 #35

So what? Smoking is the environmental factor that can be controlled. It is an undeniable trigger pnwmom Sep 2014 #39

Oh dear god. laundry_queen Sep 2014 #64

So why has asthma increased? former9thward Sep 2014 #68

Not running away from smoking, how ridiculous laundry_queen Sep 2014 #73

What are your thoughts on global warming? And whether or not the earth is flat or round? n/t kcr Sep 2014 #82

The 60s were even less violent than the 50s Warpy Sep 2014 #2

When I was a kid belts and swatches of plants with stickers were used on us. babylonsister Sep 2014 #5

Yep. I was spanked frequently. Never "switched" or "beaten" though. Gormy Cuss Sep 2014 #7

lets not forget 1dogleft Sep 2014 #8

I dont think NFL players are more evil. No more than any other group. Just in the public eye...... Logical Sep 2014 #14

What makes him extra evil is that he switched his boy in the "nuts," pnwmom Sep 2014 #32

Although I don't condone recklessness and I never condone violence... RufusTFirefly Sep 2014 #9

RISK AVERSION???? What does your post have to do with the OP? pnwmom Sep 2014 #34

it is not so much the cowering in fear hfojvt Sep 2014 #49

But what in the heck does this issue have to do with the situation under discussion? tblue37 Sep 2014 #60

Breaking the skin and bruising is where I draw the line LittleBlue Sep 2014 #10

Great point! nt Logical Sep 2014 #11

I wish someone would have told my father that. Aerows Sep 2014 #16

I'm sorry to hear that LittleBlue Sep 2014 #20

I love my parents, don't get me wrong Aerows Sep 2014 #38

Beaten for the effects of autism? LittleBlue Sep 2014 #43

As I said in another post in a different thread, breaking the skin only happened to me once. moriah Sep 2014 #96

my dad only had to give us "the look" Skittles Sep 2014 #23

Yes, because he had made you afraid of him. Wonderful parenting. pnwmom Sep 2014 #83

My mom spanked us with hot wheels tracks... Blanks Sep 2014 #27

One of the things I have not seen talked about in any of these threads about abusive football jwirr Sep 2014 #41

Dad used to use a cut-off piece of garden hose. raven mad Sep 2014 #46

The days of no seat belts and doctors smoking in your face. kairos12 Sep 2014 #62

Been spanked bpositive Sep 2014 #63

Wow, I am sorry that happened to you..... Logical Sep 2014 #65

I am a better person bpositive Sep 2014 #67

Amen! john kale Sep 2014 #69

I was nailed MFM008 Sep 2014 #66

The first year I taught school, I was issued a paddle cut from an old desktop... Sancho Sep 2014 #92

Great point! nt Logical Sep 2014 #93