Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

Hmmm, so now they have voted to ban smoking in car with 'children' what will the Police do if a 17 year old is in the car alone after passing his test having a smoke?

Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

Or, where he has children passengers that smoke themselves.

give him a ticket whilst the children in the back are puffing away.

Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

I'm sick of the hypocrisy of governments they constantly hammer smokers and make a tidy amount from taxing them but won't outright ban it because of the revenue they would lose. Give it a rest already either back your mouth up and ban them totally or give it a rest and go hit someone else i'm sure there are some people that can suggest the next target. Also last time i looked granted couple of years ago but the amount the nhs spends on smoking related illnesses is beaten by the level of funding they get from tobaco taxation unlike alcohol.

To a point i think tobacco has become the easy target for cancer rates and whilst i would never say tobacco is safe because it isn't those rates have increased at a time when carr use has also skyrocketed. More study needs to be done to truly find all the causes of excessive cancer (i say excessive because we all have cancer it's the number of cells excelerating that causes the illness).

Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

Can you imagine in 18 yrs time the adverts on TV:

"Have you got a respiratory disease?, did your parents smoke in the car from 2014?

Well call Norfolk & Good Solicitors and we will sue your parents, it's your legal right!!"

Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

Sue the police as well. for not enforcing it.

it'll probably be around that time that people will be suing the government for stress and anxiety attacks.

and suing them for having a member of the family that commited suicide due to what will be considered a hate crime in the future :)

Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

Has any serious testing been done to check if e cigs are safe? The devices themselves are safe, but what about the myriad of fluids you can buy to put in them? The reason I ask is there is apparently some evidence that some of the fluids on sale are considerably more dangerous than tobacco.

Before you bring out the conspiracy theory that big tobacco companies are pressuring the government to make e cigs illegal, bear in mind that they don't need to. If the market is profitable, they can simply start manufacturing e cigs and the associated fluids.

Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

I was thinking about this.
are we going to see big bustups at school gates, supermarket car parks, anywhere and everywhere where we see a parent/adult with a ciggie in their mouth with their kids approaching cars. and everyone runs over to the car banging the windows and dragging the adult out.

is someone going to get physically assaulted because we've got another thing come out from government where society turns against each other?

what happens if it's an e-cig?

what if I was to see a woman getting into her car with a ciggie in her mouth and 2 kids. because it's illegal and there's a danger that the child may die. am I within my rights as an upstanding and law abiding citizen to scare the crap out of the woman and child by banging furiously on the windows preventing her from leaving the scene?

will the police be on my side when they turn up?

what if we can't find her car keys that I threw away so as to prevent a crime from being commited?

Infact. shouldn't I be out there now preventing this crime. why am I not thinking about the children today. instead of tomorrow when I get the official nod from the nanny police?

Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

I think banning smoking in car's is a good thing, where children are but banning smoking in car's full stop I do not think will happen ...

Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

I don't understand why using a phone while driving is illegal yet lighting up a cigar/cigarette/pipe behind the wheel isn't.

Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

You're saying you want smoking banned? is that what you're saying?

anyway. who can prove you lit it up whilst driving. you might have lit it at the lights when you were stopped.

Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

No, I was saying I don't understand why using a phone while driving is illegal yet lighting up a cigar/cigarette/pipe behind the wheel isn't.

It's illegal to use a phone at the lights too.

Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

I think you should be saying smoking the cigar/cigarette/pipe behind the wheel. instead of just the initial lighting of it up.

Unless it's in a cradle.

Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

No, I know what I said. Smoking a cigarette and lighting one up are 2 different things. One takes your eyes and concentration off the road for a few moments.

Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

Ok.
but I think reading road signs and the speedometer, and looking in the mirrors, and the sat nav, and talking, singing, shouting at other drivers. is a danger too.

Re: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association
 

Those are essentials for driving. Lighting up a cigarette and the other stuff you mention (if proven) would place the blame on you in the event of an accident, as well as potentially causing a death.