Brian Lear on WNYC and for our last 10 minutes today we're going to open up the

phones for some calls from people who are ready to confess. Confess to what?

Smoking in secret. We all know that smoking is bad for you, but if you have a

nicotine dependence, that information typically isn't a strong enough motivator

to quit, at least not for a lot of people that said it's likely a

motivator for keeping this habit a secret from your partners maybe maybe

especially from your kids and other loved ones and we were talking about

smoking or vaping tobacco this is not about marijuana this is specifically

about tobacco so listeners how many of you out there have a secret smoking habit be it cigarettes

vaping whatever to one two four three WNY C. 433 962.

And why do we bring this up right now?

Well, there's a piece in the cut from New York magazine

that documents the hidden smoking habits of moms.

Sound familiar with any listeners?

It suggests there are plenty of you who are hiding vapes, packs of cigarettes,

even nicotine gum, nicotine gum from your kids,

and maybe even your partners.

One Park Slope mom compared smoking a cigarette

while walking down the street

to the feeling of shooting heroin.

In other words, that's how big and negative

she felt it was seen as she might as well be shooting heroin.

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