I have just seen a heavily pregant woman smoking, should they be fined?

Pleasant Peter Perkins

Wow...judge, jury and jailer!

You must be very brave. Did you not confront her and her husband?

it's her life. and by the way, back in the day, folks used to smoke and have babies, used to drink and have babies, used to drive without seat belts - wow, all kinds of things, and some of them even lived!

farien3

Yes, it's horrible, but it has nothing to do with thoughtlessness necessarily. Nicotine is the single most addictive substance found in nature. NOTHING compares with it. Not morphine, opium, heroine, cocaine, or anything else. Why is it legal? You want to go after someone legally for this? How about the drug dealers (cigarette companies) who sell it?

12312

maybe she was just fat................

Lillian

My mom smoked and craved beer when she was pregnant for me. My IQ is 139. I guess I could have been a Einstein had she not have smoked. Back in the day, women even took diet pills while pregnant. I noticed my generation is much healthier and stronger than what we have today with all the care. We are loaded with kids with ADD, allergies, and hosts of other problems we did not have. Makes ya wonder.

comingsoon251

What business is it of yours? It is not a good thing, but it is their body, didn't you hear Rowe Vs Wade? Where have you been? The baby will have some problems, but will not be addicted as with some other drugs. I do not agree with her smoking or with Rowe Vs Wade as the baby, obviously, is a different person. There is experimenting to allow men to become pregnant by having a fertilized egg implanted on their colon! Supposedly, the baby would be feed via the colon. Maybe there will be another Supreme Court case with a pregnant man seeking the same rights? The baby in the Mother is feed via the tube that connects them.. We know that their is a certain time that the baby can survive outside of the Mother, but it still requires a parent or guardian to survive after he/she is born. Maybe there will be a law that says, directly after birth, the baby must get a job and Mom can go to school? The future could see baby care for high Schools by our wonderful tax and spend cronies? We will see... God bless. Earl

stroker 2

its her choice to smoke when pregnant, dont make a fuss.its not illegal to smoke so there are many things to get on your high horse about.GET A LIFE FOR YOURSELF

Marion,

No its their busness,I smoked through all my pregnancys and none of my children suffered ,In the days when nobody cared ,But In an ideal world yes it would be better ,But they proberly get more harmful fumes from walking down the road past the car fumes

Veritas

Selfish and thoughtless, yes, but I have to stop short of handing yet more powers to the State. Britain alone, kills 200,000 babies before they are even born. The State doesn't seem to have a problem with that.

Moreover, if the woman was taking drugs, not a word would be said. If I was the father, I would have a few things to say.

kow

What's it got to do with you? Keep your nose out of other's people's business!

nortybirdy

You try being pregnant pal and then i'd like to see you bleat about what you think is right and wrong. I suspect the poor woman's on her last legs. Let her be.

osprey

I am 65yrs old and still working in heavy industry, I consider myself fit for my age, certainly fitter than some of the younger guys coming into the industry or maybe just more willing to work than the majority of them.
My mother smoked during pregnancy you could say through ignorance, had it been at the present time she would probably refrained from it because of all the fuss being made now because she was a great mother but what I can,t understand is what the hell it has to do with you or anyone else how people choose to run their lives.
I have been smoking for over fifty years and drinking, I have had a reasonably active life and still have, although I may not be as sprightly as I was I am still able to do the things I enjoy in life, all I ask is to be left alone to do it whether others agree with it or not.
I consider whatever you want to do with your life your own business and nothing to do with me so long as it is within the law obviously.

Miss T

Unfortunately it is their choice, their responsibility, their guilt. I know a boy whose mum has smoked since before he was born, a lot, and he has a lot of lung problems and is always coughing. They should be stopped.

Nickynackynoo

Then all people who smoke in the same room as their kids would need to be fined too, plus everyone who smokes around kids in general, I agree with you it is thoughtless, but people are free to smoke if they choose. I live in Greece and people have no regard for pregnant women, I had smoke deliberately blown in my face at 8 months pregnant when I asked someone to stop smoking. Some people are just not educated and still think it's cool to smoke

clockworkjacket

I do agree that the best interest of the child would be for the woman not to smoke; however a child conceived to a mother who smokes is also dependent of nicotine. Ultimately, it would be best for the woman to quit smoking, but quitting "cold turkey" will actually put the child in more danger instead of weening it off of its unfortunate nicotine dependency.

crazytrever

I think it's horrible that she was doing this but it is her choiceand there's no laws against it.

galyamike

No. Mind your own business. The negative effects of smoking are grossly over-stated. I have known a number of women who smoked through pregnancy and gave birth to perfectly healthy babies. This anti-smoking hysteria has reached ridiculous proportions.

Capone

It's OK, she was on her way to the abortion clinic with all her liberal friends.

rogerglyn

Oh! how Holy you are.

..Hannah..UK

You should have taken the cigarette out of the stupid woman's mouth and asked her what the hell does she think she's doing.
There are some women in the world who wish they could carry a little bit of life inside them and would appreciate it more than her.

Northern Lad

You say "they".
Are you going to fine the unborn baby also?

Anyway, it is a stupid question.

mutt

I couldn't agree with you more

Auntie Cabbage

I don't agree with it, and I am pregnant myself - but did you know that in the 50s breasfeeding women were advised (yes advised) to smoke while feeding their baby to help them relax and therefore 'let down' their milk. I don't think all those kids are permanently ill are they? Shall we fine and imprison all those mothers (who are now grandmothers) too?

joan k

Certainly not, it's her choice not yours. How do you know the baby is not being harmed by other things, such as flouride in the water which is banned in most countries, but we don't have a choice about.

Askar

her baby will be harm

Kit Fang

if they want to deform and damage their own kids, that's their problem...but no-doubt they'll be sponging off the rest of us when their kid is disabled, and they have to spend their life looking after it.

perhaps such people, who show they can't even be bothered to think of the health of their child at the time when their body and brain is still being formed, should have their child taken away by social services after it is born; they obviously arn't that interested in it afterall

Mr Abba

They are very irresponsible. Should have thought about it before getting pregnant.

mechashinsen69

Although I agree completely with your opinion, I am not sure if there is anything that can actually be done..legally. You could take it up with your local member of parliament and see if something can't be done regarding a possible petition signing or trying to pass a bill.

snetterton

Er, that's rather extreme. The woman's midwife will already be aware of the situation and for all you know, measures are in place to protect this child once it is born.
I agree in principle though, some people don't deserve to have children if they're so incapable of giving them a healthy life.

Daniel J

Yes I think they should be fined,but not imprisoned.

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