Count me in too... I think my mother smoked some during her pregnancy with me and my dad smoked his entire life and eventually died of lung cancer. It was a generational/situational thing - growing up on a farm during the 30s/40s - he and all his brothers started smoking early - then came WWII - more smoking, especially after he had his shoulder blown off at the Battle of the Bulge. (History lesson here! :-) He mainly smoked a pipe, though - occasionally a cigar and early in the morning 1 cigarette with his coffee. Our home was built in the late 1800s with 14-foot ceilings and exceptionally large, airy rooms, so there never really was a "smoke" smell in the house - but, my brothers and I certainly were exposed. Then, being older than you guys, when I first started working it was OK for people to smoke in offices - that's when I was super exposed to second-hand smoke! Now, I'm so sensitive, I can't be near it or even go in a convenience store where the odor is strong - takes my breath away.
Now for a "hoot" for you younger girls  ... I tell my kids at school that it's a miracle I did not destroy all my brain cells when I was younger, not from smoking pot, but by "huffing" - but no one knew that's what it was. My dad owned one of the two gas stations (used to be called service stations:-) in town and I LOVED the smell of gas! (it smelled different back then:-) Can you believe it? He would fuss at me continually for being out there sniffing the gas! LOL!! And, I loved the smell of lighter fluid - I could sit forever sniffing my dad's or grandfather's lighter. OF COURSE - like we are learning now - all of our mistakes (things we did not know was bad for us) show up in the next generation... God just took care of me - because I should not have any brain cells left!
I had one kid who used to come to school stoned every day and I'd tell him ">>>>>, you've got to stop - you and I can't afford to lose anymore brain cells!" He'd just look at me and say something like "Oh Wow...Yeah"! 
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