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Does anyone else have issues with this?
It's the only thing I hate about the holidays, especially the colder ones. My dad and his wife (+ all of her kids) smoke. They smoke around us, only occasionally showing consideration for if it is blowing in our faces. Even if they don't smoke the whole house is permeated with it - the walls and ceiling have that yellow tint. DH has asthma, though he handles the smoke better than I do.
I grew up in a home with two smoking parents and was around it for 14 years of my life. It did cause some damage to my sinuses and lungs in that time. Since then I've avoided it at all cost.
I've read that others who had a lot of exposure to it when younger or who are past smokers also have problems with it later.
Within 30 minutes of showing up to visit I had a bad headache and was nauseous - they don't know that's why I didn't eat and left early. I was sick all day today and I'm still fighting off a bad headache.
How does everyone else deal with this? - specifically if it's family and/or friends that you're obligated to visit. They even insist in smoking around the young babies so I doubt they'd be concerned about my health.
I can't have them come here instead because young children = noise and kids after my pets, and they all still reek and carry enough smoke + chemicals on their clothing to make us sick.
It's the only thing I hate about the holidays, especially the colder ones. My dad and his wife (+ all of her kids) smoke. They smoke around us, only occasionally showing consideration for if it is blowing in our faces. Even if they don't smoke the whole house is permeated with it - the walls and ceiling have that yellow tint. DH has asthma, though he handles the smoke better than I do.
I grew up in a home with two smoking parents and was around it for 14 years of my life. It did cause some damage to my sinuses and lungs in that time. Since then I've avoided it at all cost.
I've read that others who had a lot of exposure to it when younger or who are past smokers also have problems with it later.
Within 30 minutes of showing up to visit I had a bad headache and was nauseous - they don't know that's why I didn't eat and left early. I was sick all day today and I'm still fighting off a bad headache.
How does everyone else deal with this? - specifically if it's family and/or friends that you're obligated to visit. They even insist in smoking around the young babies so I doubt they'd be concerned about my health.
I can't have them come here instead because young children = noise and kids after my pets, and they all still reek and carry enough smoke + chemicals on their clothing to make us sick.