|
|
Article: HOW CIGARETTES AFFECT CHILDREN WHO DON'T SMOKE TEENAGER SUGGESTS WAYS TO MAKE THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUNG AMERICANS SMOKE-FREE.(Editorial)
- Article from:
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- November 21, 1996
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
When I graduate from Tyee High School in 2000, I won't be using tobacco. But if you think that means I'm not affected by tobacco, you'd be dead wrong.
My mom's been smoking for 24 years - since she was 11 years old - and my dad's been smoking for 20 more. They're out of breath and they cough a lot. They can't swim or run easily. I worry about them a lot.
For a long time, I was worried that my mom would end up like my grandmother, who died of lung cancer eight years ago. I was pretty young, but I remember the way my grandmother could barely breathe. To me, chemotherapy meant she got really sick and lost her hair. I didn't understand what cancer was, and ...