What's Your Take on Smoking

[jerlin09]

And maybe you're just a casual smoker, or you have designated smoke breaks when lets say children are napping, or you only have before and after your work day. There's a lot to think about.

[Sunshine44]

If my childcare provider lied to me about smoking and I found out, I would be upset. I personally wouldn't choose a person who smokes, but not because they are a 'bad' person. I once was a smoker (before children) and I really do not want my children around it. I don't want them to see someone smoking, especially when I can control it. I may not be able to keep their uncle from smoking, but I can pick a childcare provider who doesn't. They will be with this person every day and they have a big impact on my child.

[PitterPatter]

I'm just curious what other peoples opinions are when they find out their daycare provider is a smoker!

Me personally I would find it alarming, and make me question not the quality of the care itself, nor the character of the provider, but the health of my child.

Are they smoking in the house?
Have my children seen them smoking?

Wow an old post but it's on top of the heap so here goes my entry.

I do not smoke. My home is smoke free. I have had guests come that smoke and the smoke outside. I do have a discreet ash tray type thing out there for that purpose. When my Mother comes for dinner she does smoke but outside where the kids are not around it. When my son was born I wouldn't allow any smoke around him. If u want us to visit u have to smoke outside or we will just opt not to visit, sorry. Same here as always, take it outside.

I wouldn't want to teach a child it is ok to smoke and I def wouldn't want them going home smelling of smoke. I have the reverse problem. I have 2 children that come and smell of smoke. Both parents smoke and I guess they have 2 other adults staying with them that also smoke so that's 4 smokers in the house. So when I hug her kids they smell of it and as much as I hate it I have to deal with it. In my 5 yrs of childcare I have only had 2 parents that didn't smoke. I haven't had many clients tho most usually stay for a long period of time. Shortest being 1 1/2 years, longest being 3 years.

I have actually had a parent that smoked 'funny cigaretts' before bringing the child to daycare. I could smell it and I addressed it. Excuses were made and I was mistaken but whatever I know what that is!

I also hate smokeless tobacco, the chew and rub or snuff whatever they call it. I actually made an entry into my handbook this yr because of it. I have had DCDs in the past that use it and of course they don't remove it and I never had a problem but a recent DCD is so messy with it! It fills in between his teeth and when he talks it's moving like it's going to pop right out onto my new carpet! I can't help but watch it instead of his eyes when we have discussions. I don't know how to tell him yet that I don't want it in my house or if I even can tell him. It's not polluting the air or harming the children but it could pop out or he could drool EEEW GAG sorry but u get my point here!

[PitterPatter]

[QUOTE=momofboys;65961]The problem with this is that smoke does tend to drift. It doesn't just stay in one spot. So in the bowling alley you may think it is not affecting you b/c you didn't walk through it but then when you get home your clothes & hair stink even though you were not smoking or near any smokers. Some days when we are at the park there will be a parent smoking say 40-50 feet away from us & you would think yes they are being polite to not stand amongst the children but smoke drifts & typically we smell it regardless of where the smoker is standing.

I live in Ohio & we are smoke-free for any indoor business/restaurant/bowling alley etc. Even our local zoo (at least the one I go to) is smoke-free too. I now can enjoy going to the bowling alley without smelling like I've been in a bar all night![/QUOTE]

Our town is smoke free in business also even the zoo. It is posted at hospitals that there is no smoking on any portion of hospital grounds but why is it I see workers sitting 6 ft from the door on a bench smoking? A guard actually told a DCM that she had to stop smoking in her car 1 day because the parking lot was still hospital property. Yet there at lunch 10-30 smokers on break. I don't get it.

Oh and as for our bowling alley I love that they have no smoking there but we still come home smelling funny. Maybe just the food at the little resteraunt, maybe the shoes who knows but I can tell when someone has been bowling for a few hours.

[dEHmom]

[QUOTE=PitterPatter;115387]

The problem with this is that smoke does tend to drift. It doesn't just stay in one spot. So in the bowling alley you may think it is not affecting you b/c you didn't walk through it but then when you get home your clothes & hair stink even though you were not smoking or near any smokers. Some days when we are at the park there will be a parent smoking say 40-50 feet away from us & you would think yes they are being polite to not stand amongst the children but smoke drifts & typically we smell it regardless of where the smoker is standing.

I live in Ohio & we are smoke-free for any indoor business/restaurant/bowling alley etc. Even our local zoo (at least the one I go to) is smoke-free too. I now can enjoy going to the bowling alley without smelling like I've been in a bar all night![/QUOTE]

Our town is smoke free in business also even the zoo. It is posted at hospitals that there is no smoking on any portion of hospital grounds but why is it I see workers sitting 6 ft from the door on a bench smoking? A guard actually told a DCM that she had to stop smoking in her car 1 day because the parking lot was still hospital property. Yet there at lunch 10-30 smokers on break. I don't get it.

Oh and as for our bowling alley I love that they have no smoking there but we still come home smelling funny. Maybe just the food at the little resteraunt, maybe the shoes who knows but I can tell when someone has been bowling for a few hours.

we have the same laws here, no smoking within so many feet of a entry to any building etc. however, NO ONE enforces this rule. It's great that people aren't smoking in the restaurant that we're eating in, BUT they are standing 5 ft even 10 ft from the doorway, and you have to walk through them to enter or exit.

I used to be a smoker, and I was always courteous to others, especially those who are not. But I have to admit, that I never realized just how badly it still affects those who are not right beside it. And I truly cannot stand when people smoke in the cold, rain or winter, because it is like a nasty stale smoke aura around them when they come back in. YUCK!

[Kaddidle Care]

Gosh, never really thought about it much as I've never been a smoker. In fact, in the Center I work at, I don't think any of us smoke (I've never seen any of my co-workers smoke, ever) and there's 9 of us!

We sure notice it when a child comes in with smoking parents/relatives though. Sometimes if seems like you open a little lunch box and a puff of smoke comes right out of it! One of the children is consistantly ill and we wonder if it's due to the exposure to all the smoke. Lots of upper respiratory type things.

Loads of public places around here are smoke free - I think they were trying to outlaw it in public parks as well.

[broncomom1973]

Growing up, I never realized how bad my clothing and hair smelled, but I remember one time in 8th grade health class, my teacher told us she could go around and tell us who came from a home with parents who smoked. I didnt think she would really be able to tell, but she smelled my hair and knew. My parents both smoked and my dad smoked ALOT. I will mention though that he was a business owner and worked from 7 a.m. until 8 or 9 p.m. or later during harvest (owned a grain company), so he wasnt doing all of his smoking at home. He smoked 1/2 carton of cigarettes per day from the time he was in his teens until last month (he's 61). He was dx with incurable follicular lymphoma 6 years ago, suffers from COPD (although he's never shared this dx with me, Im not dumb ), had prostate cancer and a lung cancer scare. Most of my life to date, my dad has had a cigarette in his mouth. When I got married 10 years ago, he couldnt eat the meal with us because he has a cigarette while he eats- he ate his meal outside. I never knew how bad our house must have smelled growing up until I moved away. When I would go back to visit, I would literally take one step into the house and my hair, clothing, purse and whatever else I had with me would reek of smoke. It really started to bother my siblings and I (none of us smoke) once we had our own children. Everytime we would go to visit (they live out of state), our children would get sick with respiratory infections upon returning home and it finally got to the point that we refused to stay with he and my stepmom. We didnt like going for even brief family get togethers. I remember putting my kids in the bath at our motel room late at night because I didnt want them breathing in all of the smoke that was in their hair, on their little bodies and on their clothing. I really dont like them around it at all. My mom lives nearby and she still smokes. She smokes outside and tries not to let any of her grandchildren see what she's doing. I appreciate that she doesnt do it around them, but no matter how hard she tries to hide it, I can usually smell it on her when she comes back in (she always goes and washes her hands right away, but I can smell it). My sister and I are on her case alot to quit especially since my sister had a premature little girl this past February. She had some respiratory problems and was on oxygen for quite awhile after getting out of the NICU. I know my mom wants to quit and I hate badgering her to do it, but it's for her own good (she has hypertension) and for the well-being of those around her. I hope she can finally do it someday. She is my daycare fill in sometimes when dh isnt able to help, and I dont know if my daycare parents know that she smokes or not, but they have never asked and she is honestly here maybe 1 time every 3-4 months. If they had a problem with it, I would totally understand and I wouldnt have my mom help me anymore. As far as my own children, I dont intend on having them at a daycare again, but if for some reason they have to go to a daycare, that would be one of the questions on mine and dh's lists. That's not to say I would make a decision based soley on the smoking issue, but if it was apparent in any way- smelled in the house, or if the provider smelled like smoke or cigarette butts were evident, I would pass on that provider.

[PitterPatter]

Even as a smoker I would not send my children to a daycare where smoking is in their home. I do not smoke around my children. When I took my kids to a daycare, my daycare provider said she never knew I smoked till she saw me out because my kids didnt smell like it and other parents that smoked she said their kids smelled horrible like smoke, best compliment I ever got as weird as that is. Its a hard habit to break and I wish I didnt do it. I am sorry that you lost your mom to such a horrible disease.

I wonder if being hypnotized works? Anyone ever tried it for anything?

I wanted to do that for weight loss years ago and my Mother said no and was firm. She said our neighbor lady did that when I was a kid and she shot herself in the head. Everyone says it was due to the hypno because she was happy and had a family. I played with her daughter. Could be false but u never know

[jojosmommy]

I would never send my kid to a Dcp who smoked. I think its disgusting. I also will never believe that a smoker can go the whole day without one just b/c they are working. I quarantee that person can't go from 7-5 or longer without a smoke on the days they do not have an assistant or helper.

Where I live we have to notify parents (in writing- in our policies) if people smoke in our home before/after daycare hours and must be smoke free during care hours. I even have it in my policies that if parents picking up kids smoke they need to be finished and extinguished BEFORE entering my driveway. I don't want my kids seeing it or parents leaving it around my home.

BTW, my husband smoked in the marine corp and quit when he returned using Welbutrin. A neighbor used Chantix and hasnt smoked in 3 yrs. I think if you want to quit there are ways to make it happen.

[dEHmom]

I would never send my kid to a Dcp who smoked. I think its disgusting. I also will never believe that a smoker can go the whole day without one just b/c they are working. I quarantee that person can't go from 7-5 or longer without a smoke on the days they do not have an assistant or helper.

Where I live we have to notify parents (in writing- in our policies) if people smoke in our home before/after daycare hours and must be smoke free during care hours. I even have it in my policies that if parents picking up kids smoke they need to be finished and extinguished BEFORE entering my driveway. I don't want my kids seeing it or parents leaving it around my home.

BTW, my husband smoked in the marine corp and quit when he returned using Welbutrin. A neighbor used Chantix and hasnt smoked in 3 yrs. I think if you want to quit there are ways to make it happen.

I know that most people couldn't be casual smokers, but I know MANY people, who can go a week without one, casually smoke on the weekends here and there etc.

I myself used champix (canadian version of chantix) and quit without even doing the full 12 weeks. BUT I also have the occassional smoke here and there. Not even my DH knows that I smoke. I know it's dumb, why would I even have that 1 or 2 smokes? It's an occassional smoke, maybe when I'm drinking at a friends, or when I can't sleep.

So I disagree with the someone cannot go a whole day without one. Some people CAN, and most people probably can't.

[jen]

I would never send my kid to a Dcp who smoked. I think its disgusting. I also will never believe that a smoker can go the whole day without one just b/c they are working. I quarantee that person can't go from 7-5 or longer without a smoke on the days they do not have an assistant or helper.

Where I live we have to notify parents (in writing- in our policies) if people smoke in our home before/after daycare hours and must be smoke free during care hours. I even have it in my policies that if parents picking up kids smoke they need to be finished and extinguished BEFORE entering my driveway. I don't want my kids seeing it or parents leaving it around my home.

BTW, my husband smoked in the marine corp and quit when he returned using Welbutrin. A neighbor used Chantix and hasnt smoked in 3 yrs. I think if you want to quit there are ways to make it happen.

I don't really think you can make a generalization about how long a person can go without a cigarette. It really depends on the person. I haven't smoked in 10 years, but when I did, I often went the whole day without smoking. I worked at a private school and smoking wasn't allowed on campus...we ate lunch for free in the cafeteria so I rarely had a reason to leave, so no smoke. Lots of people "only smoke when they drink," don't smoke when they are pregnant but strart up again afterward, and people who only smoke after dinner or in the car. It really isn't fair to lump people up in such a broad generalization.

[Unregistered]

no way

Why would you ever subject your children's little lungs to nicotene? I would never use a provider that smokes, ever.