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Deur Ann Laeders: Our
46-year-old daughter recently
asked my wife and me for per-
mission 10 smoke. “Mindy”
told us that she has becn
smoking secretly for about a
year and no longer wants to
do it behind our backs.

We had no idea Mindy was
smoking. She is a high
school junior, an honor stu-
dent, attractive, popular and
fairly level-headed. We are
surprised that she would
choose to do something that
is so dangerous to her health.

My wife and I are both
ex-smokers. We started in
our teens and qpit about 14
years ago. While we are
glad Mindy feels fort-

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fess, we are reluctant to give
her our blessings.

We understand the tobac-
co industry has targeted
teen-age girls as ‘the best
source of new customers.
How should we handle this?
-- N.Y. Parents

Dear N.Y.: Under no cir-
cumstances should you give
Mindy permission to smoke.
Explain in detail WHY
smoking is dangerous to her
health, not to mention what
it does to her breath, teeth
and clothes.

If she ignores your coun-
sel, comjinues to smoke and
25 years from now develops

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inundated with signs of
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quickly become
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