Smoking in cars with minors=BANNED.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Calif. bans smoking in cars with kids


By STEVE LAWRENCE, Associated Press Writer
Thu Oct 11, 6:04 AM ET

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California motorists will risk fines of up to $100 next year if they are caught smoking in cars with minors, making their state the third to protect children in vehicles from secondhand smoke.
 
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday signed a bill that will make it an infraction to smoke in a vehicle if someone under age 18 is present. But the traffic stop would have to be made for another offense, such as speeding or an illegal turn, before the driver could be cited for smoking.

The ban, which takes effect Jan. 1, joins a string of smoking prohibitions adopted in California, including a ban on smoking in enclosed workplaces and within 25 feet of a playground.

A Harvard School of Public Health report issued last year said secondhand smoke in cars can be up to 10 times more of a health risk than secondhand smoke in a home.

"Protecting the health of our children is among government's highest responsibilities," said the bill's author, state Sen. Jenny Oropeza, a Democrat. "It is clear that increasing public awareness about the dangers of secondhand smoke is the right thing to do."

At least 20 states and a number of municipalities have considered limiting smoking in cars where minors are present. Arkansas now bans smoking in cars with children age 6 and younger, while Louisiana has limited it when children 13 and younger are in the vehicle. Maine lawmakers will take up the issue in January.




Damn...Only 10 years ago, this was a smokers world.

[EFFeX]

They crackin' down on smokers everywhere now, it's getting annoying...

[everlast1986]

I dig that. Even though i'm a smoker i think its dumb to smoke that close to a kid especially in a car.

[QuietTruth]

That's like impossible to enforce anyways.

[Bay Area Jat]

I dig that. Even though i'm a smoker i think its dumb to smoke that close to a kid especially in a car.

[jeromechickenbone]

Here in AZ it's illegal to smoke in any restaurants or bars, or 20 feet of a door or window of a business.  I used to smoke when I'd be out gettin fucked up, but it ain't my thang anymore.

It's weird as hell comin home from bars and you don't stink like a goddamn ashtray.  I must say that I like the law, but I ain't no bitch that complains about other people smoking.

But I really don't see how they can ban people from smoking in their cars w/ kids.  They can still do that shit in their house.  This law ain't shit but bullshit bureacracy to make some ends for the state.

[Don Jacob]

that's good.

i think it's more about the $$$ the gov't will make off of this than th actual wel fare of the children though.

[WC Iz Active]

I dig that. Even though i'm a smoker i think its dumb to smoke that close to a kid especially in a car.

[7even]

I'm happy to have never been getting into tabacco, niggas are gettin a hard time these days... and I'm not just referring to this law. They be getting it from all angles in different states, countries and continents.

[J$crILLa]

that's good.

i think it's more about the $$$ the gov't will make off of this than th actual wel fare of the children though.

duh.. everything about money


fuck this, i quit smokin 5 years ago... but i dont agree with none of these laws... if u wanna smoke  then smoke... what the problem
FUCK THE LAW FUCK THE GOVT FUCK THE USA

BAN THE BAN

[Tanjential]

cigarrettes bug the shit out of me anyway, i'm down.

-T

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

I'm happy to have never been getting into tabacco,

Props...I'm the same way.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

cigarrettes bug the shit out of me anyway, i'm down.

-T

Agreed...


Anyone else find it funny that this is banned, but you can still smoke when you're pregnant? LOL.

[K.Dub]

You shouldn't smoke near kids anyway.

[Unknown White Male]

You shouldn't smoke near kids anyway.

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