Yes, Peter, Toronto, Canada - there does indeed seem to be a fair amount of educating to be done. You see, Heather and Anthony Williams have got it RIGHT. I totally agree with everything they say so there is not much else I can add. Except to draw your attention to the fact that a recent survey suggested that children who grew up in a 'parents smoking at home environment' were much healthier than those of non-smoking parents due to the fact that it helped them to build up a much more robust immune system. Also, another survey stated that smoking whilst pregnant does not harm the unborn child. Well, well, what about that then????!! With regard to the article, where it says that smoking in cars is the WORST! How ridiculous! You see, all you have to do is open your car window - even just 1 inch - and the smokestream magically flows straight out of the window - strange that!! So everyone is comfortable, including the smoker :> It's so EASY!! Jo.

Jo, Rayleigh, Essex, England

It's very strange, isn't it, that asthma and chest infections in children are rising, when cigarette smoking has declined massively. Could it be that the rising child infections are actually caused by the increasing number of vehicles on the road and is nothing to do with smoking at all?

Heather, England,

What a load of old Tosh, People of my generation were subjected to tobacco smoke everywhere, Home buses cinemas, hospitals and even Doctors surgeries. We did not suffer this epedemic of Asthma and lung problems , We also had thick choking smog caused by coal fires.
It is also of note that where smoking bans have been in force for years ie California the rate of cancer Heartt disease and respiratory infection is on the increase.
It is time that the fault for all illness being caused by smokers is dispelled, look at the real culprit which i believe is the infernal combustion engine, which iin ! mile puts out more noxious fumes and chemicals than a smoker would in a year of chain smoking. If you check statistics all the above ailments increase in proportion to road usage, whereas smoking has actually declined.

Anthony Williams, Leicester, UK

The medical profession really needs to get the word out to smoking parents about the harm that they may do by smoking around their children. You'd think that by 2008 that every adult would be aware of the risks, but there still seems to be a fair amount of educating to be done.

Pete, Toronto, Canada