In Car Smoking Ban Proposed

18th June 2009

A blanket ban on smoking in cars in which children are passengers is being called for by the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health.

Professor Terence Stephenson, head of the college, commented: “You can’t inflict this on your colleagues anymore. Why should we treat our Children’s health as a lower priority?”

Deborah Arnott, chief executive of the anti-smoking charity Action on Smoking and Health added: “Smoking just one cigarette, even with the window open, creates a greater concentration of second-hand smoke than a whole evening's smoking in a pub or a bar”.

Another arguments for the ban include potential dangerous driving. 

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