"I think smoking is bad for you health."
--Angela, 10
"I hate smoking, and I hate cigarette smoke. My friend's mom smokes and I hang around her mom most of the time. If someone pressured me too smoke for coolness, I would say, 'No thanks' or 'I don't feel like getting high right now.' Most teenagers want to do it cause they think it makes them cool and responsible but is doesn't! Yes, it is their life, and if they want to smoke they may, but you take a dramatic step over a ledge if you do start to smoke. If you take one puff, you're addicted. People can smoke, but the only time smokers get in trouble is if they sell it to other people. (Haven't you ever seen that stuff on T. V??) My Great Great grandmother died of lung cancer. I miss her greatly. She died before I was born. I'd let people smoke, but they are killing themselves, without knowing it."
--Ruby, 13
"I feel that they are a horrible 'rage' for teens and adults. I mean why would a person even want to try smoking a stick of harmful chemicals only to become addicted and die sooner?"
--Sam, 11
"I used to smoke all the time. My dad let me and I got mad one day and ran away and lived with my mom to feel better, safer and cleaner. Plus, if someone offered me a smoke, I would say no and put peer pressure on them to please stop drugs.
Plus, I'm in D. A. R. E."
--Ross, 13
"I would tell them that smoking is disgusting and not for kids. I'd ask them how they could do it and tell them to quit."
--Taylor, 8
"I really need someone's help. My dad has been smoking for 25 years and it could cause cancer. Please, if you know anything to help him stop, help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
--Michelle, 10
"I worry because my dad quit smoking 5 years ago and now he started all over again. At first he said he was only going to smoke once a week and now smokes every day."
--Carla, 10
"My mom smokes a lot . She is getting old and I want her to stop . That is what I want to say."
--Kyaire, 8
"My grandma smokes and I hate it!!!!!!!!! I don't know if she's in danger."
--Jessica, 10
"I think smoking is one of the worst things in the world. Pretty much everyone that is of age smokes in my family. I think no one should smoke because then there would be more people living on earth. :("
--Desiree, 11
"I would say, 'you know when you buy a pack of cigarettes you are paying for yourself to die?' Then I would walk away."
--Suzzie, 10
"If someone asked me I would just say NO."
--Farrah, 9
"Smoking is very bad for you. My sister used to smoke. It makes you sick all the time. I bite my nails and my sister thinks that is a bad habit! Anyways my answer would be NO!"
--Kaitlin, 11
"My dad smokes and he chews tobacco. I am worried about him. My mom stopped smoking and I am proud of her. I think smoking is a disgusting habit."
--Maggie, 11
"Just about every person in my family smokes and I'm worried about all of them. I tell my parents every day that they shouldn't smoke because my uncle died from lung cancer. That's why I think nobody should smoke!!"
--Alivia, 9
"I would say, 'smoke a cigarette? I wouldn't smoke one if my life depended on it.'"
--Katherine, 10
"I'd tell them no b/c I don't like the smell of it and what it can do to u and if they tried to offer it again I'd say, 'NO, and u can just go shove the cigarette or whatever it is up ur butt so don't ask again.'"
--Farron, 13
"I feel disgusted about smoking. My dad still smokes and every time I'm in the car with him he accidentally sprinkles it on me because the window is down and it gets in my face and so does the smoke. It is DISGUSTING!"
--Maggie, 11
"I think smoking is a bad idea and stupid! Why risk your life and others just to inhale SMOKE? If someone asked me to smoke and I didn't want it (I wouldn't) I would say, 'Sorry, I'm not that stupid.'"
--Jenna, 9
"My mom smokes and one day she found out that she had a tumor in her side so she had 2 get surgery. I think it was from smoking! She lived, but I'm afraid she's gonna die and she's only 30!!!!!!!"
--Heaven, 12
"My uncles smoke and I hate it. I am also worried about my cousins and what will happen if their parents get sick. I always worry about if they might die or something. My mom smoked about 3 times and then stopped and my dad never smoked in his life. I think next time I am with my uncles I will tell them that every time they smoke so will I and of course they won't want me to so maybe it will work."
--Erika, 12
"I would tell them, 'no thanks.'"
--Barrett, 10
"I hate it, I hate it I hate it! It does very bad stuff to your whole body. I'm never going to smoke in my whole life, I promise."
--Haley, 9
"Hi I'm Gretchen and sometimes I get worried when my parents smoke. I don't like the smell or the fact that smoking can kill people. It worries me when I get home and I wait for my dad to get home. It just scares me."
--Gretchen, 10
"My mom smokes and it really bothers me. It really smells bad. I'm worried about her what do I do??"
--Shayne, 7
"My mom and her boyfriend smoke. I hate it because my mom is too young to throw her life away on smoking. The same goes for her boyfriend and he just started."
--Eleanor, 12
"My dad has smoked ever since he was 13!!! I am scared 4 his health, my family's health and also mine. Now I am starting to get short breaths when I run. I'm so scared."
--Gracia, 10
"My friends smoke paper. They think it's cool but I know it's bad for their health. My sister said she is going to smoke when she is older. I am not going to smoke because it's bad for your health."
--Ashley
"My parents used to smoke and I knew it was bad for them and us. My dad has quit smoking and so has my mom. It was rough for both of them. Why is smoking not against the law? Help keep children and parents out of danger. Make smoking against the law."
--Whitney, 11
"Some of my family members smoke. I am scared that they might die. If anybody offers me a cigarette, I would say NO! Then I would tell them all about what cigarettes do to you."
--Samantha, 10
"My parents smoke and I can't stand it. I told them before what smoking can do to them. They have been smoking since I was born. Now I am really afraid because now my mom stopped smoking but my dad can't. NOW my mom is gonna have a baby. I heard that smoking in front of a baby is dangerous. I don't want any thing to happen to my little baby."
--Jayleen, 11
"My mom smokes and I can't stand the smell of smoke. I have to hold my breath whenever she lights a cigarette. I'm afraid that she may die cause I know it affects your health. I'm also worried about me. What's it doing to me? Somebody wanted to know if other people think smoking should be against the law, well I do."
--Kelsey, 10
"My parents smoke and I'm worried they might die and I love them and I don't want that to happen."
--Katie, 9
"I take D. A. R. E. and if any one wants to smoke and is in the 6th grade at my school then why do they even take D. A. R. E. ? I don't know but both my mom and my dad smoke, and I told them about the harm that it does to you and they still haven't quit. I don't know how many times I have to tell them about the harms before they stop."
--Marissa, 11
"If they asked me I would say no. If they said, 'Well you're not my friend if you don't' I would say, 'find a new friend.'"
--Hannah, 10
"Well I would say, 'sorry, but I don't smoke and nether should you.'"
--Kori, 9
"I would say no and turn my back then walk away."
--Anthony, 11
"My Mom started smoking when I was two and that's when my parents got divorced. She stopped when I was five for my brother's 7th birthday but now she has started smoking again and won't stop. She has started about 5 months ago, and I don't know what to do. On top of it all, my sister is smoking too and started in the 8th grade."
--Chelsea, 10
"I think smoking is bad because my mom and my grandma smoke and I love both of them."
--Stephanie, 9
"I would tell the person no, because it could kill you and to make the person stop smoking because they could die."
--Emma, 12
"My mother abandoned me and gave me away to my grandmother because my mother did drugs. My grandmother had been smoking for 20 years. She took care of me until she died in 2001 because of the cancer caused by smoking. So my aunt started to raise me and she smokes. My mother smokes, my grandfather smokes and my father died. I'm scared they might all die. Also, I have a little sister."
--Lenore, 12
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