I think this could be step too far
All smoking in cars should be banned across the UK to protect people from second-hand smoke, doctors say.
The British Medical Association called for the extension of the current ban on smoking in public places after reviewing evidence of the dangers.
It highlighted research showing the levels of toxins in a car can be up to 23 times higher than in a smoky bar.
But a report by a cross-party group of MPs and peers said non-legislative options should be considered as well.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health even said calling for an immediate ban could be "counterproductive" as consensus needed to be built across society before taking such as step.
firstly can I say, no one should be driving and smoking !! The highway code states that both hands should be on the steering wheel apart from changing gear. This is the same rule as why being on the phone is not allowed. If you have a lighted cigerette in between your fingers, and taking your hand off the wheel to take a drag, that is against the highway code !!
However I don't think it should be banned in a car, for passengers if all in the car are agreeable. However it should be banned in a car with children. They should not be subject to an adults smoke.
how about just making it illegal to smoke in a car if there is a person under the age of 16 in it?
smoking in a works car or van is illegal and obviusly enforceable to a point. so banning anyone from smoking with a child in the car would be no more difficult to police than say smoking in a works van would be. the penalties should be higher if smoking with children in the car if caught doing so.
smoking in a car should remain legal if no children are there as well. next they will try and ban you from smoking in your house, or even out on the street! is that a joke? no it is not as a while back nobody would have thought smoking would ever be banned in all public places, well except of course the houses of parlemant.
i do not smoke but i understand that they are pushing the boundaries for peeple that do smoke. there are far more important things that need looking at, rather than what peeple do in there cars.
this country has no money apparently and are laying off police numbers yet they continue to introduce new laws. are there actually enough police out there to catch peeple, as cameras wont.
It exact minut of level of toxins are irrelevant really, driving and smoking IMO is nuts. Burning ash 3 inches from your face travelling at 70 mph shouldnt be allowed if we consider texting or using a mobile to be illegal.
As for a total ban, that a dangerous president, but getting rid of the nhs would be a step forward. That way anyone can do what they want to their own body, they have to take the responsibility for it. I see to many overweight, emphsemic. High blood pressure , high cholesterol, etc etc patient who brought it on themselves, then come to the nhs feeling its their god given right to destroy their body and expect the nhs to spend thousands on digging them out of the shit shout them having to make a single change to their lifestyles.
unless you count the Houses of Parliament bars where MPs can still smoke indoors, has anyone done a study I wonder to see what effect having a driver who weighs 18 stone has on the steering of the average car when nobody is sitting in the passenger seat ? or the effects of an air bag deployment when the persons stomach is already pushing against the release point ? - ah sod it let's just join the EU rulers and ban everything