Re: Californian city bans smoking in apartments and condos
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my personal experience: as a child both parents smoked a lot, and I could literally not run for 10 seconds without getting winded. starting in high school I did my best to remedy it, wasn't home much , had my own bedroom (windows), 1 parent quit and the other cut back, and I joined cross country and stuff to build up my lungs. I can testify that it really does damage children, at least athletically.
btw, in 8th grade a friend offered me a cigarrette (13, time to be "cool"), and I could inhale right away without coughing or anything my lungs were so used to the smoke.
true story.
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Funny, both my parents were 2-pack-a-dayers, and I was a top athlete in my little town and could run all day if I wanted to.
Personal anecdotes aren't any good when it comes to this stuff.
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