You're missing the point: Because these parents chose to smoke, they chose to trigger an asthma attack in their daughter, and she died. You can always quit soda, but an asthma attack is immediate. I'm sure the parents rationalized their smoking by saying, "Well, other parents let their kids have sodas, so we're no different." Yes, they were. They might as well be using that kid as target practice. You said "potential diabetes," and that's my point. There IS a way to responsibly allow a child a soda every now and again. There is NO way to responsibly smoke around a child -- especially not an asthmatic child. These parents were selfish pigs, period. And don't go all disingenuous...smoking isn't the only asthma trigger. But if your child has asthma, you have a duty to make sure that you eliminate the triggers from her environment. Smoking is a big fat one. Smoking doesn't cause asthma, it just makes it worse.