It looks like Canadians are on the bandwagon with several states in the U.S. in the war against smoking. Authorities in Ontario are moving to ban smoking in cars when children are present.
Offenders will be fined $247 if caught in the act of smoking with a child present in the car, even if the windows are rolled down. The law was presented Wednesday and is under consideration.
According to California's Air Resources Board, second-hand smoke can be as many as 27 times more concentrated than in the home. Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Maine and Puerto Rico, among others, already have similar bans in place.
1. This kind of law is just common sense. To smoke in a car with a child inside is plainly and simply ignorant and selfish. By 2008 any adult should know better than to do so.
Posted at 4:28PM on May 3rd 2008 by Pete