[Spectato]

Another ex-smoker here, so well aware of the horrors of 'smoking and driving'.

Personally, I think the relentless persecution of motorists in this country for one reason or another is already, bloody outrageous!
Every new law and ban effects all of us, whether we offend or not.
It's no wonder everyone is blacking out their side windows, the amount of scrutiny we're under on the roads.

I can see the sense of banning mobile-phone usage (even though it hasn't stopped the most hardened offenders) but I think something like smoking can easily be covered by 'dangerous driving' or 'driving without due care and attention', if the driver isn't deemed to be in sufficient control.

As far as the health aspects are concerned.
The information is out there.
Is there a smoker in this country who isn't fully aware of the health risks of smoking, in his own car or anywhere else?
The only proviso I would make (punishable by firing squad) is that people use their ashtrays and stop flicking spent stogies out of their windows.
Those butts don't bio-degrade you know! (and neither does the cellophane packet wrapping!!)