Opening the Door to Lunacy

It's illegal to smoke in your own car if there is a child present. You can get a fifty quid fine for it if you're caught. That's why I never allow children in my car

As we were all told, the concentrations of cigarette smoke inside a car are much higher than in buildings or outside and the high concentrations can affect kids lungs because they are smaller and yadda yadda ect

So put the windows down? Doesn't matter

According to the Government website, anyone that smokes in a car with a fully or partially enclosed roof while they have a child on board can be fined - even if the windows or sunroof are open, or the air conditioning is on.

Even though the smoke will blow right out of the window, it doesn't matter. You see, this is not about protecting children, it's about punishing smokers. But we all knew that

So just open the door, right?

But a smoker can also be penalised if they are sitting in the open doorway of their vehicle" while it's parked.
Even if you are leaning outside of the motor, because you are sitting on the car's seat you are classified as being in the car.
Your cigarette smoke could still travel back inside the vehicle and affect young passengers.

And that's magic!

So it's not about higher concentrations of smoke affecting the little ones, it's also about tiny wisps of smoke that might travel back inside the car

I suppose we'd better ban smoking anywhere a child might be then, including all of the outdoors. If second hand smoke is more deadly than Sarin Gas, we need to think of the children