Thread: smoking in cars with children onboard

Originally Posted by Eevo

there is also no safe level of passive smoking.

Exactly.

Bloody hate the things at the best of times.

Never have personally, but the wife does, says she's going to stop... Eventually...

Asides being pretty rancid the fact that they're around $12 AUS a pack (which she gets though in a day) is as bad, if not worse.

We could run a couple of gassed V8's quite comfortably if the money wasn't being burnt on fags...

My dad died of the filthy things at the age of 52 but my brothers and I all went through the smoking thing.
I stared at 16 and blame the bloke in the tool room I did part of my apprenticeship in, gave it up when on Bougainville Island in 1976 when doing 70 a day and feeling sick from them....only 55cents a packet then but cheap or expensive they still kill you and make you stink.
Elder bro gave it up just after I came to Oz in '72 and younger bro immediately a few years ago when diagnosed with emphysema.
Now I have to walk through a fog of smoke to get into my favourite bar because the builders oiks all stand just outside the doors having a puff.
And we have to sit a long way from the doors because the stinking smoke still comes inside.
Woman up the road takes the kids to school with a fag in her mouth but the windows open so she obviously thinks that's alright then!!!
I don't know what the answer is as it's a terrible thing to give up and our weak as **** pollies aren't going to upset the voters by banning the crap completely....or lose the revenue it raises.
AlanH.

Filthy habit . Should be banned all together.

But it won't.
The Govt. makes far too much money from it, despite the impact it has on health care costs.
Personally I don't really think it should be banned, if you want to go ahead, but respect other peoples choices not to.
It's the same as any drug, you can educate, tax, and campaign against it all you like, people will still do it.

I am a smoker, I would never smoke in a car with kids, or anyone else. It's my bad habit, don't need to share it around.
I think making it illegal should be phased in to protect the kids from ever having a chance to become addicted.
Going to see a hypnotist tomorrow to see if I can break the habit.

Dylan

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

But it won't.
The Govt. makes far too much money from it, despite the impact it has on health care costs.
Personally I don't really think it should be banned, if you want to go ahead, but respect other peoples choices not to.
It's the same as any drug, you can educate, tax, and campaign against it all you like, people will still do it.

It's well known that prohibition does not work. Let's face it, there are still illegal drugs getting in to the country, so banning smoking will not work. But making it as expensive and undesirable as possible will eventually get the message home.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

It's well known that prohibition does not work. Let's face it, there are still illegal drugs getting in to the country, so banning smoking will not work. But making it as expensive and undesirable as possible will eventually get the message home.

Perhaps.
As long as there is a demand for it, people will find a way to make money from it.
And given the addictive nature of it, it's a bit more difficult to fully stop.