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Child Car Smoking Ban ?
Labour will today, in the House of Lords, try to start the process to ban smoking in cars with children inside them today ::
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Seems like a sensible idea to me, although the tobacco lobby predictably don't agree. ( surprise, surprise ! ) Anybody here on AB think that smoking in a car with children is a good thing ?
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Seems like a sensible idea to me, although the tobacco lobby predictably don't agree. ( surprise, surprise ! ) Anybody here on AB think that smoking in a car with children is a good thing ?
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Disgusting habit at best, I'm surprised it's necessary. Time and again I've seen parents in the from Gassing there own kids in the back. They invariable have the "child on board" pointless sign, don't harm our kids but we'll just gas them with Cyanide and 500 other toxic chemicals! Lovely. Yes I agree with the ban but I'm sad that it's necessary.
11:00 Wed 29th Jan 2014
Dylanfanatic is correct......the "morons" should be concentrating their minds elsewhere and shouldn't have to be considering this.
Unfortunately there are people who are so ignorant and self centred that laws have to be made to protect those who can't speak for themselves when common sense should prevail.
No-one should need to be told not to fill a car with a child in it with cigarette smoke surely?
Unfortunately there are people who are so ignorant and self centred that laws have to be made to protect those who can't speak for themselves when common sense should prevail.
No-one should need to be told not to fill a car with a child in it with cigarette smoke surely?
I would not be keen on bringing in legislation that would be hard to enforce. What next? Hard stops of vehicles where the occupant is smoking, on the suspicion a child is in the car?
I would agree that smoking in a confined space is not good for any kids in the car, but would rather see the focus remain on cotinuing to encourage smoking cessation in the public as a whole, rather than on a specific, hard to police, hard to enforce measure like this.
Pretty sure I read somewhere that we are now at an all-time historic low for adult smokers in this country - under 20%- which is good.
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I would agree that smoking in a confined space is not good for any kids in the car, but would rather see the focus remain on cotinuing to encourage smoking cessation in the public as a whole, rather than on a specific, hard to police, hard to enforce measure like this.
Pretty sure I read somewhere that we are now at an all-time historic low for adult smokers in this country - under 20%- which is good.
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Don't see where 'hard stops' would come into it LG.
I've never been involved in nor seen a hard stop for no seatbelt, using mobile phone, ignoring red light or driving light not illuminated etc.
I have though been involved in stopping drivers by indicating to them that I wished them to stop by activating the Special Warning Devices when a violation has occurred.
This will be as easy to enforce as any other legislation i.e. Witnessed by a Police Officer.
I've never been involved in nor seen a hard stop for no seatbelt, using mobile phone, ignoring red light or driving light not illuminated etc.
I have though been involved in stopping drivers by indicating to them that I wished them to stop by activating the Special Warning Devices when a violation has occurred.
This will be as easy to enforce as any other legislation i.e. Witnessed by a Police Officer.
@Chill Doubt. Hyerbolic excess on my part, Chill, to illustrate a point.
Point I was making was that I do not believe that the introduction of further legislation is necessary or useful, given that the overall trend in smoking cessation continues downwards.
The DoH itself doubts the measure will be particularly effective
"The Department of Health has said it believes education campaigns are a better way to discourage people from smoking around children"
Point I was making was that I do not believe that the introduction of further legislation is necessary or useful, given that the overall trend in smoking cessation continues downwards.
The DoH itself doubts the measure will be particularly effective
"The Department of Health has said it believes education campaigns are a better way to discourage people from smoking around children"
Gness..its probably the same group of people who the authorities had in mind when they passed seatbelt laws, and especially the laws about putting children in child safety seats. Amazing how stupid some people can be, which is exactly why we need laws in the first place.
Although, to listen what some people have been saying on here today, all those child protection laws were and are a waste of time "because the Plods can't enforce them "
Although, to listen what some people have been saying on here today, all those child protection laws were and are a waste of time "because the Plods can't enforce them "
"Although, to listen what some people have been saying on here today, all those child protection laws were and are a waste of time "because the Plods can't enforce them"
Now now, mikey. Seatbelts affect everyone who travels in a car - not just a minority of the population. Plus which seatbelts protect against collisions and have a demonstrable health benefit.
The potential harms of a child exposed to passive smoke from, say one cigarette smoked in a car, say once a week - how harmful is that again?
I would rather the government continue to focus on general nudge factors to encourage smoking cessation, rather than specific legislation that is not going to be easy to enforce.
Now now, mikey. Seatbelts affect everyone who travels in a car - not just a minority of the population. Plus which seatbelts protect against collisions and have a demonstrable health benefit.
The potential harms of a child exposed to passive smoke from, say one cigarette smoked in a car, say once a week - how harmful is that again?
I would rather the government continue to focus on general nudge factors to encourage smoking cessation, rather than specific legislation that is not going to be easy to enforce.
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