Man nailed for smoking in car

Anyone who has suffered from the effects of second hand smoke would say all power to the police. May they charge more offenders.

OMFG, you gotta be kidding. The guy is fined for smoking with a minor in the car, and the kid lights up a cigarette...

What the hell have we become?

Bibbi, you cannot be serious about this particular story.

Exposing children to toxic waste is wrong, they need to give out more tickets to people that commit this crime.Go ahead smoke till you puke out a lung but keep the kids out of it. Hopefully the young kids won't make the same mistake this fifteen year old has made, its a lot easier to start than it is to quit.

Exposing kids to toxic smoke IS wrong, but it ought to be a civil matter, not one for the police. We spend tax dollars to have police protect us from criminals, not to make our parenting decisions for us.

I take it you live in an oxygen tank? And you keep your kids in a plastic bubble? And you don't drive a car? And you don't use the bus? And you never use products manufactured in Canada? Or anywhere else in the world?

Please...

great. Let's shut down the mills, the refineries, the factories, the energy plants. Pull the cars off the road while we're at it.

I don't believe I said or implied anything remotely like that. You must've been desperate to type something.

If you want to blow your head off don't let your kids stand behind you and take them with you, its a known fact tobacco kills, the closer you are to it the more likely you are going to die.

How about "Hey Mom, do you think you could smoke somewhere else 'cause you're making your children choke"? Family disagreements are usually best solved that way...through communication. Still not a matter for government and police to solve.

instantly? don't think so. Life kills. Live with it.

This should not be a police issue. This should be common sense. A 15 year old lights up a cigarette while her 20 year old friend gets fined for doing the same... I dunno, but something doesn't sound right there, does it?

Frankly there's better ways to deal with it. Public awareness is one way. I like what my city did though. You can't smoke within 10 feet of any public building entrance or exit or any business that wishes to post such a declaration. Doing so results in a fairly hefty fine. One cannot also smoke in any bingo hall, liquor store, church, etc.

Saves me a LOT of hassle of trying to avoid second hand smoke. I used to love going to bingo with my dad but hated with a passion the second hand smoke.

We have many laws to protect children. Why is this any different?

Well, I'm sorry that your mom was an asshole. My parents were pretty good at listening to me when I said something was hurting.

Well, I'm sorry that your mom was an asshole. My parents were pretty good at listening to me when I said something was hurting.
Back when I was a kid we didn't know any better when our parents smoked in front of us. We were kids, we didn't know they were giving us cancer.