I'm of the opinion that anyone that smokes with kids in the car deserves to be arrested. Isn't really just common sense not to do it?

I like to know how they going to police this they have problems police  poeple  talking on there moblies as it . To me it your own car  weather you want smoke in it or not  should toatly up to you . If you look at the ones that do smoke in there cars they always have the windows down , though i still think its to smoke in a car while there kids it.

Also  if theres all theses health  relate problems with smoking why don't they just banned it all togther and not sell them . If they do that grovement missed out on the money they made from it  so that want happened ,

The other point why don't  they look into  achol  (drinking) they more lives lose there and family breaks up  abuse and the list goes on .

They should banned both as far as i concern  .

I have never been a heavy smoker. I was a social smoker in my younger years but stopped before it took hold of me. We never let anyone smoke in our house or in our car with our children. And all of my family and friends walk away from where our kids are if they want to smoke. Its about time this law came through. I hate seeing kids in a car with windows up coughing in the back while their parents are puffing away like steam trains.

I am an ex-smoker and gave up just before finding out I was pregnant. Smoking around children is dangerous and should be counted as abuse. Smokers get a choice to give themselves lung cancer and other smoking related illnesses where as children who end up being passive smokers don't get a choice. Would you light a  cigerette and put it in your toddlers mouth? Those who smoke around their children are doing just that. In a confined space like a car I think it is worse the concerntrate of chemicals in the air must be stronger. In the uk the penalty for talking on your mobile has just been increased to 3 points and a £60 pound fine as talking on your mobile while driving causes loss of life and I think that smoking in your car should hold a similar penalty not just because you concerntrate less on what you are doing but because if you have children in the car this can also lead to loss of life, as for the ban including a clause about children under the age of eighteen at least at eighteen they have the right to chooses what can a child of 2 do about their parents smoking? I hope this law is passed and I hope that the uk follows your countrys example of looking out for the innocent.

I do agree with this law but i can't see it being enforced and in a way it is taking away a parents right to choose(regardless of whether you agree with the choice or not).  I can see however that obviously someone has to take the interest of the child into account. A child doesn't have a say in whether their parents put their health at risk so obviously someone is trying to do that for them.

My DP smokes. He is not allowed to smoke in the car or in the house and noone is allowed to smoke around our kids.  I have many friends who smoke indoors and in cars and their childrens health is at risk but they honestly dont care. I know not every child will have health problems ( my mum does from her paretns smoking but my BIL and SIL don't from their parents smoking) but the risk is still there so why take it.

The police can't even enforce talking on mobiles so I doubt it will really make a difference.

i am a smoker and thinks it's wrong to smoke inside your home your car or around your children
they should not have to be in any car when it  is full of smoke just because their parents cant wait to have one it is wrong and gross and i have on occasion when driving around and have seen mums and dads in their car smoking with their kids in their i will beep my horn shake my head or simply wind down the window and tell them they should be ashamed it is bad for their childrens health and we as parents have no right to confine them to a space and dutch it up with smoke, i dont care what peoples reasons are for smoking in the house or car when children are there we dont smoke when they are in the  home or not or when they arent in the car we just dont do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the minute i was pregnant no more smoking.house car or anywhere my opinion take it or leave it

Here's another angle ladies - although I personally dont agree with smoking in cars with children present this is merely my own opinion. However I do believe that police could put to better use their resources for example arresting REAL criminals from our streets. They should go and find the murderers, child molesterers, rapists, and missing persons etc. Smoking in cars is a CHOICE. Being murdered isnt a choice, having your child molestered is not their choice and being raped isnt a choice either, neither is having your loved one taken from you in any respect a choice.  Police could do better with their time and I believe would be better spent. Im sure all parents/people involved through the above offences would surely agree

Hi
I am a non smoker and always have been.
Most of my friends are smokers and they don't smoke in my house or vehicle unless they ask.  We have a smokers area out the back in case visitors want to smoke.
We now have a even better reason for not allowing smokers around our daughter...she cannot have smokers near her ad it can affect her lungs badly.
When we go over friends that smoke they go outside lol......gee we got good friends...one actually jumps out the window and sits on the roof of the verandah.....unless it is real hot as he burns his feet....
As for people smoking in their own car with their kids i don't think anyone has the right to tell them they can't
What difference will it make if the parents smoke in the car or in their own homes around the kids....
All that is causing a lot of the rubbish is mainly ex smokers as a non smoker that has never smoked does not have as much issue with it.
They can smoke around me as long as the smoke is not blowing in my face.....and there are windows or doors open......
An ex smoker can so easily become a smoker again....a non smoker can't
and before you jump on the high bandwagon and start  a debate or discussion or what ever these are my thoughts and i know not everyone thinks the same.
Luv Deb

Hmmmm....First of all I would like to say what difference does it make if your child is over 18??? I am a smoker and these laws might be coming in but I think it will be as easy to police these laws as it would be to police peeing in public pools....If you smoke in your car when there is not kids in there it will always smell like you smoke in it....I heard there was a law about people throwiing their burning butts out the window too but still you hear of fires started by this sort of thing......Just my thoughts on the whole issue....
Have a great day
Cheers
Angie

while i agree that you have the right to smoke in YOUR house car whathaveyou surely your bigger concern would be for the health of your children? I don't smoke.. have never smoked.. i find it a detestable habit...and personally am glad that its being banned in most places... i don't know how they are going to police this law of not smoking in your car... the interesting thing i have noted though, is the frequency with which my children say... the police are gonna get that person mummy cuz hes smoking in his car...now, i have never initiated a discussion with my kids on the smoking in the car issue, as there has never been a need to.. yet they are aware of these imminent laws...i think its a good thing.. maybe i am naive.. but i have a good feeling about my kids not smoking when  they get older...they hate when my mum kisses them because she smells like cigarettes...they worry that grandma wil end up with mouth cancer or having to have her leg amputated because she smokes.. thanks to the ads on tv...and yet, im not seein gthis as a bad thing.. i want them aware of what smoking can do to you..

anywayyyyyyyyyy..back on track... banning smoking in cars.. good in theory...probably not so good in practise.. and to all you smokers out there.. i respect your right to smoke..but appreciate your decision not to...

cheers.. xoxo

Mum2Four

Thanks for your input, I really appreciate it from the other end. It will stir up some comments but it will anyway as soon as the law comes in. You are right, you are free to make your own choices this was merely a question for people to express their thoughts and views and I appreciate yours as well!!!

Personally, I agree Merle, however people are protesting against the fact they will receive a monetary fine for smoking in "their" property. Their rationale being that I make the payments, my property so Ill smoke in it. Supposingly the same could apply to homes then? Who knows, all I know is they shouldnt be doing it in the presence of virgin lungs. I think its also closely related to discarding cigarettes out the window causing fires etc. I think some people think that theyre being violated by being told not to smoke in their own car with no regard to children. And Ill lay money that it will still go on even after the law comes in. Sad really.

I am sorry I am a smoker as to were my parents and i am guilty of smoking in my house and in may car with or without my children around.I think as a smoker  and as a parent we should have the right to decide if we want to smoke around our children, they have already banned the smokers form smoking in public places beaches ,parks ,bars and other public spacers and now they want to ban us from smoking whilst in our own vehicle.Well i would like to know if i have just had a smoke with window wound half down but with air conditioner on then my children get in the car does that mean technically I have just smoked around them because the smoke is stuck in my air conditioner  vents.I certainly do not condone illegal substances to be smoked in front of children as i have known a few parents to openly do  so in front of their children.

 Iam not inconciderate to others if i go to somebodies place and they are non-smokers i simply dont smoke or if at a smokers place i always ask if it ok to smoke inside and certainly would not light up in somebody elses car.

I would really  like to know how they are going to enforce this as I still do see alot of people smoking in public spaces and I dont  see a policeman running to give them a ticket.

                                       This subject is going to stir a few comments .

I have been guilty of once in awhile smoking in a car.since Breanna no one is allowed to smoke in confined spaces in her presence.In my own car no-one is allowed to smoke full stop.I also do not allow smoking in our home.I am no longer  a smoker my husband still smokes.Our kids deserve a non smoke filled environment.I cannot speak for others but I couldn't bear to be responsible for a child's illness due to passive smoking.Just my opinions regards Merle

No I don't smoke in my car with my kids... Not only for the kids, but I hate the smell of it when you get into the car,  And I as a smoker also find it horrible when someone smokes in the car.  It's like when I was at school and did not smoke, and you walked right into the toilet and closed the door and realized that some one had smoked in there before you... I HATED IT... So why did I start smoking???? Thought it was cool. Still never smoked in confined spaces.... And no it is not cool, and man is it ever so hard to give up... :)