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Originally Posted by Rathji
You can't legislate against things which are considered dangerous when used in the manner they are intended? What the hell can you legislate on then?
There are, and always will be, laws about the circumstances you are allowed to smoke under. This is no different than having non-smoking sections in restaurants, except the difference here is the kid in the car doesn't have the ability to say he wants to sit in the non-smoking section.
Children are a vulnerable sector of society, so they need additional laws to keep them safe.
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Where do you draw the line though? Non-organic meat has carcinogens in them. Why haven't we made it illegal to feed children non-organic meat? And would you support it? I would also argue that smoking in a car with a window down is probably less cancer causing than that, but there is no way to prove it.
It's actually very different from legislating smoking bans in public places.