For those of you who smoke, take all the offense you wish. My mother
smoked until the last 6 weeks of her life, so I've been around it
forever. And am one of those children who suffer the effects of
pre-natal smoking mothers. Afterall, the physician said it wouldn't
hurt the baby...

On her death bed, when she could no longer speak, my mother was still
clutching burned-out cigarettes, and instinctively dragging on them. It was
absolutely pathetic.

Of course, when she was pregnant with my sisters in the 1940s, her doctor
PRESCRIBED cigarettes, to help "calm her nerves."

I can't believe I ever smoked. More amazingly, I can't believe Mary married
me when I was a smoker! (Quit in '86, haven't had one since...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"