Motorists alerted over upcoming ban on smoking in cars to prevent surge in fines

[alfred russel]

I'm glad my life got to be at least half over (and maybe more!) before the nanny state took over.

[Tonitrus]

what's the research on permanent damage from second hand smoke in short intervals? honest question - the only stories i've ever heard involve employees working for decades in a smoke environment.

if there is no permanent damage from short intervals, then why ban it? obesity has to cause greater societal harm at this point than smoking. so few people smoke that this feels like beating a dying horse.

smoking is way worse for your health than run of the mill obesity.

On an individual basis sure...but as an overall public health problem, maybe obesity has overtaken smoking?

[Fate]

what's the research on permanent damage from second hand smoke in short intervals? honest question - the only stories i've ever heard involve employees working for decades in a smoke environment.

if there is no permanent damage from short intervals, then why ban it? obesity has to cause greater societal harm at this point than smoking. so few people smoke that this feels like beating a dying horse.

smoking is way worse for your health than run of the mill obesity.

On an individual basis sure...but as an overall public health problem, maybe obesity has overtaken smoking?

Certainly it's possible in aggregate. There are way more obese people than smokers in the US. Globally though, smoking by far is the greater cause of preventable mortality of the two.

[Monoriu]

Smoking is easy to avoid.  Eating is not 

[mongers]

I'm always bemused when I pass people who're smoking whilst driving, firstly the revenue on gas means they might be paying 1 pound in tax for every 10 miles they drive, plus the duty/revenue on a 20-pack of cigarettes is now approaching 5 pounds. 

It's like they're publicly stating they wish to die poor and doubly trying to bring that about by both smoking and trying to operate fast moving machine with often just one hand.   

[Martinus]

Research has shown that around a third of children who are exposed to smoke in vehicles don't feel able to ask the person to stop because they feel frightened or embarrassed.