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Being around cigeratte smoke
Hi, im a 17 year old male. I live with my aunt uncle mom and cousin. My mom uncle and cousin all smoke. They each smoke about 2 packs a day. My uncle lights one up as soon as he starts the car in the morning to take me to school so i end up smelling like one going to school. Im usually around one of the three since i live with them. And usually atleast one of them is smoking. Its been like this for all 17 years. I never smoked and im around it all the time i dont think its fair. With one of them always smoking theres litteraly smoke around me 24/7 so when they smoke like two packs a day each its like im smoking 6 packs a day. When ever i run in gym my chest kills, i always get chest colds, i tell them to stop and get they so mad its not even funny. Jesus heroine is illegal and cigerattes are legal? heroine only harms the person using it. cigerates harm everyone around it. and thats another thing..like they think it only stays right next to them..the smoke like my mom will say im holding it away from you or my uncle will say im holding it out the window..the smell still goes everywhere they cant control where it goes. i sware those things are more addictive than any illegal drug. please help
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Marinemom means well, but i think she's overreacting just a touch here. It does suck to be around that much smoke all the time, but I'm afraid that all you can do is ask them to try to keep it away from you - tell them about your chest colds, that you think you might have an allergy, whatever - and do it in a nice way; you're likely to get more cooperation. Meanwhile, stay out of the house as much as you can, go into other rooms when they smoke, etc. You're 17 - you'll only be in that house full-time a couple more years at most. With some cooperation all around, you can make it and minimize the damage to your lungs, which should be mostly temporary and heal once you're out on your own. Best of luck!
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You poor guy! What your family is doing to you is unforgivable! Second hand smoke has been medically proven to more deadly than once thought. This, to me, borders on child abuse, especially since it's been going on your entire life. You are in an unsafe environment, but with probably no alternative because you are still in high school. I urge you to speak to your gym teacher, a coach, school nurse or counselor. You should have a complete medical workup to eliminate any severe damage that may have been done to your lungs and at the same time you will be alerting adults outside the home to what you've been subjected to. I truly hope this helps somehow. Good luck!
**in response to Sageadvisor's direct response to my advice I'd like to say I didn't pull the child abuse aspect of this querent's dilemma out of my butt. This is a nationally recognized issue. Furthermore, According to the EPA, The Surgeon General and The U.S. Toxicology Program, there are more than 50 cancer causing chemicals in second hand smoke. Second hand smoke causes lung cancer, can contribute to sudden infant death syndrome, and ear infections and asthma in children. There is absolutely no safe level of exposure of second hand smoke. I don't think being concerned about a child's health is an overreaction. This young man asked for valuable, useful and candid advice and I gave it to him.
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