Dear Ferret Friends -- This is my first time responding to any posts just because I have very strong feelings about people that do not look at the whole picture. I have read a lot on people saying smoking is bad. I also see a lot say it is not so bad. That is fine for the moment. What I want to know is for every one chemical or by-product in a cigarette where else can it be found? Carbon Monoxide is a by-product of smoking a cigarette. Problem is it is also a major by-product of driving a vehicle from point a to point b. "Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, toxic gas. It is a by-product of incomplete combustion. Motor vehicles produce more than two-thirds of the man-made carbon monoxide in the atmosphere. Carbon monoxide reduces the volume of oxygen that enters the bloodstream and can slow reflexes, cause drowsiness, impair judgment and vision and even cause death. " This quote was taking from an EPA website: http://www.epa.state.il.us/air/vim/guide/air_pollution.html The only thing is that people cannot let go of driving to minimize the problem of carbon monoxide. As I see it, I think that people are easy to point a finger at a problem, but always remember the truth that four fingers are pointing right back saying what are you doing about the problem. Sadly, as others have posted before this people are ignorant to what they do not want to hear. I could only wish that for one moment we could all say that when it comes to making a ferret sick... we all have a hand in it. No one is better than the next, but we can learn from this and learn to help out and not point the finger. I wish that time was soon, but I know that things are slow to change. If a person/shelter is to put on their application for an adoption that the potential adopter cannot smoke, do they also put a clause in saying if the adopter drives a car they cannot adopt? Which is the lesser of the two evils? Now, in saying that I do not smoke, but people very close to me do, and though I do not agree with smoking I cannot say that I am any better than them because I do drive a vehicle. - Joshua W [Posted in FML issue 5030]