Smoking in Cars Carrying Children

tony6403

Only a complete moron would light up a fag in a car when children present.
I am astonished that this practice should require a "plan" by the politicians before banning it and that the Government thinks that public information campaigns are preferable.
How stupid can people be?

Strider590

tony6403 wrote: »

How stupid can people be?

I once heard a young lady (daughter of work colleague) state that she was smoking and drinking during pregnancy because it would stunt the babies growth and make childbirth easier........ I sh*t you not.

Smokers will often make up any excuse they can to continue the habit.

paddedjohn

I agree that its not a good idea to smoke infront of children but im sick to the back teeth of politicians poking their noses in peoples lives and telling how they must live. Im not saying there is any link but pensioners are now living longer than any generation before them and they wernt protected from the affects of tobacco smoke.
Just for the record im a non smoker.

worried_jim

They should just ban smoking full stop. You are right though op, the world is full of absolute morons.

Ebe_Scrooge

worried_jim wrote: »

They should just ban smoking full stop. You are right though op, the world is full of absolute morons.

And drinking. And eating fatty foods. And driving cars. All of these things kill people. OK, drinking and eating crap only affects the person doing it, but driving like a moron kills other people as well.

It's a tough one, actually. On the one hand, of course there is no question that we should be preventing kids from breathing smoke, I don't think anyone would deny that. But you could argue that in your own car you're in a private space. What next, banning smoking in our own homes ? In our own gardens ?

( I'm a non-smoker, by the way, just trying to see both sides ! )

Hintza

Next you'll be wanting to cut the size of a poke of chips.

[Deleted User]

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

And drinking. And eating fatty foods. And driving cars. All of these things kill people. OK, drinking and eating crap only affects the person doing it, but driving like a moron kills other people as well.

It's a tough one, actually. On the one hand, of course there is no question that we should be preventing kids from breathing smoke, I don't think anyone would deny that. But you could argue that in your own car you're in a private space. What next, banning smoking in our own homes ? In our own gardens ?

( I'm a non-smoker, by the way, just trying to see both sides ! )

Smoking has adverse effects on more people than any of the other behaviours you have mentioned combined.

Quiet_Spark

worried_jim wrote: »

They should just ban smoking full stop.

Who's going to cover the £11 BILLION the government makes every year from the duty on tobacco if smoking is outlawed?

Browntoa

They can't even stop people using their mobiles in their cars

How's this going to be policed ?

(A non smoker by the way )

Hintza

The study that they are all basing this on had in my view one fatal flaw:-

The results of this study are limited in that only stationary vehicles were studied.

http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/23/1/14.full

Horizon81

I agree with Ebe Scrooge. What next? A ban on smoking in your own house if a child is present? I thought all this nanny state nonsense was on the decline when Labour finally lost power. Sure, you shouldn't be subjecting your children to second hand smoke, but you have to let adults/parents make their own decisions in life. There's a thousand instances where the nanny state could intervene (for what they think is the greater good) but it doesn't mean they should.

By the way I've never smoked in my life .