Should smoking in a car be illegal when a child is a passenger?

smoking should be ban everywhere and everytime.. the reason is.. when you drink you harm only yourself.. but when you smoke.. you are harming everyone.

Yes well I don't blame them I do think it should be illegal and I am a smoker but where children are concerned I do not like to smoke around them whether I am smoking or not. We are trying to change the law in Australia if we haven't already as I haven't heard the news the last couple of nights. I think that the fine should be around $200 that may stop them. Our government has already stopped smoking in the their governement houses whether there is a child there or not.

Yes. Parents who smoke need to stop being so selfish and think about their children's health.

Smoking in the presence of children should not be allowed. I don't really see them inforcing it if it is made a law. Sad but I just think that will happen.Even smoking in homes with kids, bad news. At least some parents so outside to do it.

Yes, I agree with this wholeheartedly. Kids can't protect themselves from second-hand smoke, so if the parents won't butt out voluntarily for their kids' health, someone's got to step in. My husband smokes and I don't and I sometimes feel like I am held hostage to his second-hand smoke. I hate it! But I am adult and I can choose to tell him to stop, to put up with it or to leave. Kids don't have these choices.

Ban smoking in a car when child is present.i certainly agree.Smoking is bad for health and as an adult he or she should know bout it.Other than that, being together with someone smoking can be even worst especially child.They are still young and innocent.They have their own right to have a healty life style.

Since it has been proven that secondhand smoke is very damaging to little lungs, I can't imagine how a parent can smoke near their child. I always made my husband go outside, and that was almost 30 years ago. A child can develop chronic lung problems which haunt them throughout life from breathing in the smoke. My stepdaughter is a good example. Both of her parents smoked around her, and she's had so many respiratory problems. I may have some problems that way, too. My parents smoked when I was really little, but they both quit by the time I was 5. I still have a lot of respiratory problems including asthma, allergies, and numerous bouts with bronchitis and pneumonia. I guess since parents don't have the good sense to refrain from smoking around their children, the government needs to step in. After all, someone has to stick up for the children!

I prioritize the health of my family especially the kids. So at home I disallow smoking inside my home premises, especially when kids are around. Good that my hubby seldom smokes and he already knew it that i dont allow it at home, so he'll do it either at work during breaktime or during nightouts with friends. In this way we can avoid different kinds of lung diseases, which can threaten ones life. The one who receives the smoke from the one smoking is more likely to get sick than the one doing it.

In my opinion anything which hurts others is illegal. So ofcourse smoking in a car is not allowed when a non smoker or a child is present.

I think smoking in a car should be illegal as long as the smoker is not alone, it doesn't need to be a child because other passengers don't have to take the smoke too.

here in rome, i see people smoking while their cradling a new born infant in their arms! that said, the govt needs to stop trying to regulate everyone's lives. i mean, look at the generation that grew up in the fifties, mom was drinking booze, smoking, taking all kinds of pills and breathing asbestos, they turned out alright, didn't they? your children are your property, that may sound wrong but the parent should be the ultimate authority. of course, there are some exceptions.

It is too much GOVERNMENT CONTROL. What there should be a ban on is councilmen\women (this includes Senators, Representatives, cops, robbers, and scum) trying to control the masses. Is this freedom? For them it is freedom to bully, control. For us we must comply or get fined. CRAZY MIXED UP NUTS.

my opinion is it is ok for smokers to ruin thier bodies but not thier or anybody elses children for the sake of their health

I think its not fair to make a child suffer because of your own addictions.If parents don't realise it..its too bad and in these cases govt intervention is justified

it really does not matter where you smoke whether it be outside, inside, away fro myour kids. The smoke stays ON your clothes and I have read somewhere that THAT is just as bad. It would be nice to ban smoking around kids in general but sadly I dont see it happening. People would say that it would be getting way of their rights or soemthing. What about the kids' rights?

While I do think that the government is trying to (and succeeding too often) take away too many rights of parents, I happen to agree with this issue. I think its really a sad comment on the parents who are so self-centered, uncaring, passive, etc. that they don't even care that something they indulge in (smoking or other things) is detrimental to the health and well being of their children! Do I think the government making these new laws will really help that much? .. No I don't, even if they get SOME parents to stop smoking in a car with their children, this is not enough to keep these kids safe. If a person chooses to ruin their own health, that is their choice, ruining the health of an innocent child is another issue. I would be willing to bet that these children are not being cared for the best in other ways too. This really isn't a simple matter at all.

It is very illegal and i think that people with this sense of humour should not live in this world b'coz they are similar to the crimminals.

i absolutly agree that smoking in a car should be banned, with or without child's presence. smoking should be done in a spesific area so that none smoking person don't get disturbed, especially children.

Yes, i think smoking should be made illegal in car when a baby is a passenger . People who do so can be bound by law only to prevent early age respiratory diseases for children nearby.

Of course this is a positive ban. It is different with older people because they can voice their opinion, babies cannot, and even young children tend to not voice their opinion to their parents. Funny thing is if one chooses not to smoke they hurt no one, if one chooses to smoke they hurt EVERYONE around them. I don't smoke, but have family members that do. I find it extremely selfish when one lights up around people that do not. It gives us no choice at all but to breath what they put into the air. This is a positive ban to help protect those who can't protect themselve.s