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New mom drew a hard line with her chain-smoking mother, but when she refused to let her hold her newborn, trouble soon followed

Setting boundaries with relatives can feel like walking a tightrope, especially when it’s your own mother. So when one new ...
al.com

Dear Abby: My mother-in-law is a heavy smoker. Should I tell her to stop smoking when she visits us?

DEAR ABBY: My mother-in-law is a heavy smoker. She lives two hours away from us, so when she visits, she likes to stay for one or two nights. My husband and I have a 3-year-old son, and my MIL’s ...
Penn Live

Dear Abby: I want mother-in-law to stop smoking, even outside, when she visits

DEAR ABBY: My mother-in-law is a heavy smoker. She lives two hours away from us, so when she visits, she likes to stay for one or two nights. My husband and I have a 3-year-old son, and my MIL’s ...
Oregonian

Dear Abby: Must I tolerate my mother-in-law’s heavy smoking so she can know her grandson?

DEAR ABBY: My mother-in-law is a heavy smoker. She lives two hours away from us, so when she visits, she likes to stay for one or two nights. My husband and I have a 3-year-old son, and my MIL’s ...
Boston Herald

Dear Abby: MIL’s smoking has young mom fuming

Dear Abby: My mother-in-law is a heavy smoker. She lives two hours away from us, so when she visits, she likes to stay for one or two nights. My husband and I have a 3-year-old son, and my MIL’s ...
Detroit News

Dear Abby: MIL’s smoking habit has young mother seeing red

Dear Abby: My mother-in-law is a heavy smoker. She lives two hours away from us, so when she visits, she likes to stay for one or two nights. My husband and I have a 3-year-old son, and my MIL’s ...
Cleveland.com

Dear Abby: My mother-in-law’s habit of lighting up every two hours when she visits has me fuming

Dear Abby: My mother-in-law is a heavy smoker. She lives two hours away from us, so when she visits, she likes to stay for one or two nights. My husband and I have a 3-year-old son, and my MIL’s ...
Staten Island Advance

Dear Abby: My mother-in-law goes outside to smoke, but it still makes my house smell bad

My mother-in-law is a heavy smoker. She lives two hours away from us, so when she visits, she likes to stay for one or two nights. My husband and I have a 3-year-old son, and my MIL’s smoking is a ...
UPI

Treatment for gum disease may not benefit heavy smokers

Treatments for gum disease may have little benefit for heavy smokers, new research shows. The study findings suggest the need to rethink treatment of the common gum disease periodontitis, according to ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press

Dear Abby: MIL’s smoking habit has young mother seeing red

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