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Should you make it illegal for your kids to go to downtown areas or in front of fireplaces or crowded intersections or anywhere were the air is of less than perfect quality? It's one thing to ban smoking with child passengers in a closed off car due to obvious secondhand smoke issues, but it's another thing to ban someone from smoking in their entire home (that is better ventilated). Parents should be allowed to smoke in their homes while they still have children living with them. A home cannot be compared to a poorly ventilated car, unless of course the family enjoys hanging out in the closet with the door shut while mom and dad enjoy a pack.
If you smoke outside and then come inside, you can still expose your children to SHS. The chemicals in it are given to sorption and will outgas over long periods of time.