Second hand Smoke exposure

LegacyUser

Hi,

Im Sixteen. My parents are smokers, Dad smokes cigars, mom cigarettes.
They've smoked in the house all my life practically and to be perfectly honest i am worried about how its effecting my health. I've asked them constantly to stop or even just go outside but it always ends up being a lost cause. its always "just this one". But of course its their house, i just feel its unfair. I've tried Being serious but it just never works out! I'm just so worried that i have the lungs of a 16 year smoker now but what can i do?
Also, i know this isnt a medical board, but does anyone here know what kind of things i should be expecting in the future with the exposure to smoke?

Any help appreciated,
Shane

LegacyUser

tell them to only keep smoke to the kitchen or something.. tell them that you are ill from their smoke. parents can be stupid..

WindSock

Tell them you have been coughing up blood and lay a guilt trip on them. Either that or just keep on hassling them for EVERY smoke they have, make some noise and ask for consideration as you have no choice but to live there (you are going to have to quit school, get a job and move out, otherwise), they can just as easily designate a smoking room.

barrett1965

I gave up smoking a number of years ago.

Some parents when at home go outside to smoke or designate a 'smoking room'. The irony is, with passive smoking, you'd nearly have better protection if you smoked yourself because at least you would have a filter, whereas now you don't, and you are getting the full brunt of the their smoke.

I'm not suggesting you start smoking, I'm just trying to make a point.

Hope it works out.

Sam Vimes

barrett1965 wrote:

I gave up smoking a number of years ago.

Some parents when at home go outside to smoke or designate a 'smoking room'. The irony is, with passive smoking, you'd nearly have better protection if you smoked yourself because at least you would have a filter, whereas now you don't, and you are getting the full brunt of the their smoke.

I'm not suggesting you start smoking, I'm just trying to make a point.

Hope it works out.

so he has a filter for those few brief seconds while inhaling a cigarette and the rest of the time he's breathing the second hand smoke the same way he is now. I remember a campaign a few years ago saying that people who don't smoke are worse off than smokers. It was bs then and its bs now

biko

I remember collecting info on smoking and leaving it around the house. Eventually my ma gave them up (major lifestyle change) but then I myself started smoking.
The irony of it all...

seamus

I wouldn't worry too much about it. Both my parents smoked for a long time, then it was just my Dad, but two of my brothers picked it up after my Mum stopped.

While you never enjoy it, your body does build up a natural resistance to it and all my years in a smoke-filled house, and a good few years in smoke-filled pubs hasn't had any bad effect on my lungs. Quite the opposite - I have fairly strong lungs and good capacity.

However, if a person suffers from repiratory problems then this kind of household can prolong or exacerbate the problem. If you are finding yourself with any kind of respiratory problems (including a tendancy to get sick/coughing fits easily), then get yourself to a doctor to confirm your suspicion and guilt trip your parents out of it.

Smoking is by definition a completely selfish habit, so most smokers don't even consider the non-smokers when they light up. Calls for them to stop get filtered out as background noise.

spinandscribble

i was the same as you and had a string of health problems growing up because of it so much so my doctor tried to convince my mother i must be a smoker due to my health problems. it was a wake up call for them. leave info around the house and demand that one room is for smokers. guilt trip the hell outa them. i hate parents who do this especially in front of young children.

Canis Lupus

Wouldyagivup wrote:

Hi,

Im Sixteen. My parents are smokers, Dad smokes cigars, mom cigarettes.
They've smoked in the house all my life practically and to be perfectly honest i am worried about how its effecting my health. I've asked them constantly to stop or even just go outside but it always ends up being a lost cause. its always "just this one". But of course its their house, i just feel its unfair. I've tried Being serious but it just never works out! I'm just so worried that i have the lungs of a 16 year smoker now but what can i do?
Also, i know this isnt a medical board, but does anyone here know what kind of things i should be expecting in the future with the exposure to smoke?

Any help appreciated,
Shane

Their house, their rules. I suggest holding your breath when they smoke.

As for health issues I wouldn't worry too much about it as there is sod all you can do. You may go on to live a long healthy life or die painfully from any number of smoke related diseases.

LegacyUser

I had the same prob with my dad. Just nagged him for years and finally it worked, no one is now allowed to smoke in our house. I know it's awful but in 2 years you'll be 18, maybe then you can move away to university or something. Until then I second what the others say, get your doctor to confirm you have health probs to guilt trip your parents. Or go on hunger strike until they stop! At the end of the day, smokers really are selfish w****** who just don't care about anyobe but themselves. There is no reasoning with them, they have no respect for their own health, so why would they care about anyone else's?

Hrududu

Yup smokers are selfish c**ts. My mother smoked all my life. Even after I was diagnosed with asthma. As far as she was concerned it was her house. All the hassle in the world wont make them stop. Just look forward to moving out after school, loads of clean air to breathe, yay.

Canis Lupus

Of course you could just start smoking. If you can't beat them etc etc.

6th

Go see your GP and then seek legal advice.

vorbis

legal advice?? wtf?

I think he's joking (I hope anyways)

It is their house but they should have some consideration towards you. Keep at them about it. Also, leave the room yourself if they're smoking. That will show them that you are not happy with it.

6th

Its well acknowledged that smoking is bad for y our health, if your parents ar making your living enviroment a health hazzard and you are legal in your care then see what happens when you seek legal advice about being taken into care and out of a situation which could very well leave you with expensive medical bills in later life and actually take years of your life.