Smoking Ban In Cars

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30513439

It looks as if its going to be an offence to smoke in a car with children. I am all for it and I know some on here, like T³ hates smoking as well. But what do the rest of us think ?

Put simply, do you think subjecting children to cigarette smoke in a car is a good thing or not ?

[stuey]

You really don't hear much about it; however, the people I've spoken to, even the smokers, think that it's an excellent policy.

[mikey4444]

That's good to know Stuey...perhaps there will be an outbreak of common sense over here as well !

By the way, what is it like weather-wise with you at present ? My friends in New Hampshire haven't really started their winter weather yet...not much snow and no ice-storms yet (fingers crossed ! )

[tamborine]

How dyou get kids out of cars.....

[stuey]

We had about 6" a few days ago, but it's mostly gone now because of temperatures just above freezing and lots of rain...I forget what the sun looks like:)

[Canary42]

Child abuse in my opinion

[mikey4444]

Wrap up warm Stuey ! I am in Cornwall at present and the weather isn't that much better, although snow is a rarity this far in the Southwest.

[ToraToraTora]

As I said in the other thread I don't know why it's necessary. Well I do know really, smokers are smelly selfish idiots who don't even care about their own children.

[gingejbee]

Smokers should not be allowed to drive...or have children...or breathe IMO.

[FrogNog]

How very nasty of you Gingejbee

[andy-hughes]

Slightly off piste - I remember when I was growing up - I was a teenager in the seventies, everyone around me smoked all the time, I was a real rarity in not smoking or drinking - and I accepted it as the way things were.

Now, I look at smokers, and I think how singularly strange their habit is.

Of course, it's all learned behaviour - everyone holds their cigarette the same way, pulls the same face as they exhale, flick the ash in the same manner, but I wonder if they ever stop to consider just how odd it looks to smoke?

It really is a most ludicrous habit - it has absolutely no redeeming qualities about it whatever - it looks stupid, it smells vile, it costs a fortune, it turns you into a social pariah, and it kills you.

How on earth do people embark on this mad behaviour?

[ToraToraTora]

Snap Andy, exactly the same as me, I never ever even tried it, I don't even like touching them, I thought the whole thing was disgusting from an early age. No amount of peer pressure could override that.

[-Talbot-]

We are in agreement on this, andy......you are basically saying smokers should be tasered?

[andy-hughes]

Talbot - " ... you are basically saying smokers should be tasered?"

Er no, I think that's a bit drastic for a silly habit!

[janbee]

Smoking anywhere, everywhere, should be banned. That will NEVER happen though

[1ozzy]

It's been an offence in Oz for sometime now.
Both Mrs Oz and I smoke, as soon as we had our first child we banned smoking in our house, car or anywhere near a child.
Common sense really.
I would love to see the law enforced better than it is.

[venator]

Good thing.

Besides, it's dangerous and distracting for a driver to smoke, effectively driving one handed.

[ummmm]

I just don't understand why people do it.

These same people take flights abroad and manage to go without smoking. How come they can't manage a short car journey?

Same for parents smoking at the school gates. You see them smoking away knowing they only live 5 mins from the school. I know smoking is an addiction but it's not like they'll be getting withdrawal symptoms.

[Deskdiary]

"In my view smoking in cars should be banned period."

Where do you stop though? What about eating? Changing a CD? Searching for a radio station?

I'm amazed that anybody would ever smoke in their car if they have children in their with them - but let's be honest here, we are talking about chavs, aren't we? They are the only people I have ever seen smoking in cars with children.

Does anybody really think making it illegal is going to stop them? If anybody does they are seriously deluded

[BRIGHT SPARK]

Have you ever noticed the amount of smokers puffing away outside your local cardio unit?

[ummmm]

I think most smokers have one big regret.