Smoking in cars: a ban too far Print E-mail

March 24th, 2010,  By Philip Johnston, Telegraph

Twenty of Britain’s most senior doctors have called for a ban on smoking in cars as part of a sweeping expansion of laws to protect children against the effects of inhaling smoke. Why stop there? Will there be a ban on smoking in homes next? When one of the doctors was asked this question he said that would be a bit too extreme because it could not be policed. In other words, he had no objection to the state’s invasion of private property, merely that it would be a difficult law to uphold. This has gone too far.

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