It's not fair on others who have to breath in my smoke. I want to keep my baby away from the smoke. In Great Britain about 450 children start smoking every day. Some children as young as five are regular smokers. The younger a person starts to smoke, the more likely it is that they will suffer from some smoking related illness.
Smoking can reduce the chances of success in games, sports and other leisure activities.
Tobacco arrived in England in 1565, possibly brought by a French sailor. In the Great Plague of 1665, tobacco was believed to protect people from infection. The men who pushed the carts to collect the dead smoked clay pipes, or put a protective wad of tobacco in their mouths. In 1908 it was made illegal to sell cigarettes to children under the age of 16. In the First World War, troops were issued with cigarettes to calm their nerves.