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[quote=Anonymous]My SIL is a smoker and has recently started hanging around more (she used to live in another state), which includes spending time with my 2yo DD.  While she doesn't smoke in our house or right next to us if we're outside, she will go out to smoke a few times during a typical visit. Despite what she thinks, her clothes reek of cigarettes when she comes inside and she doesn't always wash her hands. And it really bothers me that she is always trying to pick up and hug my DD.

I have asked DH to have a talk with her, which he has already done a couple times, but she doesn't seem to get the fact that we don't EVER want her to smoke around DD, not just the times he happens to say something. But he doesn't want to "upset" his sister and create unnecessary family drama, so he thinks we should just drop it.

I find her smoking to be unacceptable when she is around our DD - but am I wrong here/overreacting? There have been so many articles about 3rd hand smoke and if she is going to come over 1-2 times per week, that is just much exposure in my opinion.

Anyone have ideas on how you can politely ask someone not to smoke around your child so they get the picture but aren't offended? She is incredibly sensitive and her parents (my ILs) don't even know she smokes. She only seems to do it around us for some reason![/quote]

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