In yet another example of how junk science has opened the barn door to even junkier science: behold "third-hand smoke."

In the latest issue of the medical journal Pediatrics, researchers have created a new nicotine demon: this time it's the residual smoke that lingers even after your cigarette has long gone out. Like a deadly ghost of cigarettes past, it pollutes the atmosphere, killing innocent babies and ottomans - even those that aren't present at the time.

This research, as you can guess - is geared toward one end only: the banning of all smoking on private property – including your home.

But look, most serious researchers knew decades ago that second hand smoke was a farce, but most were too scared to speak up, while others saw it as a self-righteous way to look sensitive and get butt loads of grant money. But the problem is, once you`re addicted to junk science – you can`t stop. What's next after third hand smoke? Fourth-hand smoking? Where you can actually feel the negatives effects of smoking simply by staring at an unopened pack of cigarettes?

I`m told even the blind are not immune.

But get this: after saying that a smoker`s third hand smoke is bad for babies – the researchers then note that a smoker breastfeeding a baby is still preferable to bottle-feeding. So after all this crap about poisoning the atmosphere, they're basically saying breast milk laced with cigarette`s toxins is still better than pure stuff from a bottle. Theoretically, a smoking mom that breastfeeds might be a better mom than a nonsmoking mom who bottle feeds!

Now put that in your baby and smoke it!