Not long ago, people could

hear in the apartment next door a spouse being beaten, and they would

say nothing. Children could be spanked to the point of abuse even in public

without anyone saying stop. Someday more people will say to smokers that

they should go outside to smoke, so they don't harm their children with

secondhand smoke.

But from the adult viewpoint,

why do they want to risk their children's health? That requires them to

take the children to the doctor or hospital more, buy expensive medicines,

and tend the sick. Maybe they need to remember that every dollar they

spend on medical care is one less dollar they can spend on cigarettes

(but that would increase the risk their children becoming orphans).

D. Gordon Draves

President, GASP (Georgians

Against Smoking Pollution)

East Point

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