Who, What, Why: Is smoking in cars dangerous?

It does not have to cause Cancer.
It can effect and launch other lung problems.
My Step-Son suffers from breathing disorders.
Why should GrandMa be allowed to cause him suffering?

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by privateer

I know that I carry the smell of smoke on me.
I don't fret about that because of what I call 'GrandMa smell'.
Those Women that seem to use Gallons of oder washing that gags me worse then Pepper Spray!
Do we need a Law for that also?

Don't get me started on perfumes. Whoops too late! I reach my limit when I can actually taste the perfume in the air. Literally taste it like a snake smells! I'd rather smell your natural BO for Christ's sake. Perfumes need to be subtle to be attractive not bowl you over like a runaway lorrie. Bothersome and it can aggrivate my seasonal allergies which is my real issue on that subject.

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

I'd rather smell your natural BO for Christ's sake.

You've obviously never stood near a person that smells like 20 army guys who have just been out bush for a 2 week live fx and then put into a confined, airtight abode type of smell.
Let me tell you, i've encountered it at work a few times and i have physically had to step back about 3 to 4 paces, yep 3 to 4, to stop myself from dry-reaching.
And i have a pretty tolerable nose.

[Obelix]

Originally Posted by danlisa

Really?

Where's the law banning smoking while pregnant, drinking while pregnant, eating excessively fatty foods...

+1
Now that some people do not realize the danger - is to influence legislation. My grandfather smoked right at home, it was unpleasant for all non-smokers. I myself was a smoker and for a time followed his example, but I later revised his views.
I never smoke at home - go out on the balcony or on the street.
I never smoke in the car when there is a non-smoking passengers of all ages.
Generally in the U.S. is an understatement for this approach, some laws apply only in certain states.
We in Russia also attended to the health and come to this globally - in the near future is expected to rise in price of a pack of cigarettes more than 10 times.
I've been thinking about how to quit smoking. Apparently, this law will force me to approach this more seriously and put all my will to fight with my smoking.

[Blacklight]

You've obviously never stood near a person that smells like 20 army guys who have just been out bush for a 2 week live fx and then put into a confined, airtight abode type of smell.
Let me tell you, i've encountered it at work a few times and i have physically had to step back about 3 to 4 paces, yep 3 to 4, to stop myself from dry-reaching.
And i have a pretty tolerable nose.

It must really suck to be a part of a deployed tank crew out in the field. I can't imagine what it must smell like in one of those vehicles after it's been lived in by them for a while.

In everyday situations?
You'll notice the smell.
In Combat situations?
A fresh smell will grab your attention in a heart beat!
Where's that Lilac smell comeing from?
Oh! There he is!! BAMM!
You hardly notice body smell in the field just like pig crap don't bother pig farmers.

[Obelix]

If I smoke in any indoor or in a few minutes back there - I feel as sharp and not very pleasant smell. If I smoked a cigarette on the balcony with the door open, I feel like odor permeates from the balcony of the apartment. But the company is smoking a cigarette himself - all at once dull. So always have to remember the others.

[Stealhead]

I agree with not allowing it when kids are in the car.An old Master Sargent in my old unit used to smoke in his house and car all the time around his son he was not a bad guy or bad parent he just did not think about it I suppose his son ended up developing asthma when he was 10 from being around all the smoke and he felt really horrible about it.

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

I don't smoke in the car, when my children are with me.
Or anywhere around them.
This law i support, i think it's sad that a government has to introduce laws and teach parents how to be responsible parents.
Sad really.

I think it's time The People taught The Politicians how to be Responsible Representatives.

Originally Posted by Penguin

Protecting the people who are unable to protect themselves is imo more important than the parent's right to smoke, so I go with this law, though having stomach aches about overprotective nanny laws.

It doesn't take a village to raise a child.
It takes one mother, and one father.

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

As a smoker who has quit I have to agree that smoking in the car is absolutely awful for anyone who is a non-smoker. The crap stinks. The kid is locked in the rolling smoke chamber. It is clear that smoking is bad for all involved. Good law..I support it and don't care who knows it.

How anybody could smoke in a closed car, or truck, I have no idé.

I can't smoke unless the driver's window is fully open, which evacuates the smoke fully, especialy with my arm on the window ledge.
I don't do this because of breathing problems. I do it because the smoke, in an enclosed space, is irritating to my eyes, and the nicotine leaves a film on the glass (not good).

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Snestorm

It doesn't take a village to raise a child.
It takes one mother, and one father.

That's also all it takes to destroy a child, who has no defense from them.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That's also all it takes to destroy a child, who has no defense from them.

Ex-actly!

I also want to add, that this nuclear family thing might be a nice Utopia, in terms of pedagogy it is the best for a child to have (at least one) permanent person of reference.
And without the village, it would also be hard for the child to learn social behavior.