Friday, January 19, 2007

Do you know the Bolsheviks were once a tiny fringe group nobody took seriously?

The Old Gray Whore: Maine City Bans Smoking in Cars With Children
An ordinance in Bangor, Me., allows the police to stop cars if an adult is smoking while a child under 18 is a passenger.

New York Post: SMOKE-FREE KIDDIE CARS
A proposed Rockland County law would make cars another place where people can't smoke.

The Board of Health is asking the county Legislature to study a proposal to ban smoking in cars carrying children under the age of 18.

Louisiana, Arkansas, Puerto Rico and Bangor, Maine, have recently enacted laws banning smoking in cars when children are present, according to Matt Barry, director of policy research for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

WPRI: Movement to ban smoking in cars with kids grows
During a recent drive, a New Jersey state senator caught a glimpse of the driver in the next lane. She was puffing on a cigarette, windows rolled up, two kids in the car, filled with thick smoke.That did it.

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