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There was that guy who got a fine for eating a Mars bar i think last year?

Great laws, smoking in cars should be banned i reckon. Sick of people asking me "can i have a smoke" while i am driving, i say no and they beg and beg till i can't be bothered putting up a fight. Ban ban ban! (Sorry if you read this Carlo and Fatty) <3

On that note, ALL people should have the courtesy not to smoke in other peoples' cars unless told that it is ok to. Even if I'm dying for a cancer stick in a mates car out of respect I won't light up until I get out. It's common courtesy at the end of the day, a law is not needed for it.

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I used to smoke when I was younger - more than willing to admit in a car it's dangerous.

Your distracted, finding your pack, dropping one and reaching around under the seat, getting your lighter out of your pocket, using the lighter with accuracy = eyes off the road.

Once I had an unlit smoke in my mouth for too long it stuck to my lip without me realising, I lit it, went to pull it out of my mouth it stayed and I knocked the lit tip off the end which stuck to my finger and burned me badly and was well distracted - still have a big scar it burned me pretty deep.

While I realise this makes me sound like the clumsiest person around, every other smoker I know has a few of these stories and that's all it takes.

As for passive smoking - once you give it up you realise just how filthy it is and how uncomfortable it makes every non-smoker around you.

smoking in the car is second nature and not dangerous at all, unless your drop the f**king thing, at which point you have a 80%chance of death and a 99.9% chance of looking like a retard doing the omfg it burns dance

ROFL, yeah I'd have to agree, I despise smoking but I wouldn't ban it all together, a car is your property so you should be able to choose if you smoke in it or not, althought they can still be distracting. As for smoking around minors, I think that should be banned everywhere. Unfortunately that's way too difficult but you'd hope that adults would have a teeny bit of respect for the health of children. Grrrr >.<

I try not to do anything in my car except drive. So far it's worked pretty well when sticky situations come along.

i smoke in my car but no one ever complains or really notices the smell due to I clean the inside very often and freshen it all up

i cant stand smokers who have cars which just stink..

to be honest the main time i smoke is while driving >,<

Well... Kind of for and against. I'm a non smoker but my parents have been smoking around me my whole life so I'm kinda used to the passive smoking thing. I'm not gonna tell someone to gtfo if they want to smoke and I'm around. The only minor that's ever in my car is my sister and she's in the same boat... No pun intended. So neither of us complains if were in a car and someone wants a smoke. Govt needs to stop micromanaging- as a general statement, this is one of just many things they'd be better of leaving as a lower priority. At the same time it's good tho cuz I'm not a huge fan of secondhand smoke :P

smoking in the car is second nature and not dangerous at all, unless your drop the f**king thing, at which point you have a 80%chance of death and a 99.9% chance of looking like a retard doing the omfg it burns dance
lol I dropped my car cigarette lighter in my lap once, it hurt

Hehe I never smoked in my skyline, but back then I cared about my POS ET pulsar, and was more than willing to cop burns to my legs and clothes to save my beloved seats from a ciggy burn.

Well... Kind of for and against. I'm a non smoker but my parents have been smoking around me my whole life so I'm kinda used to the passive smoking thing. I'm not gonna tell someone to gtfo if they want to smoke and I'm around. The only minor that's ever in my car is my sister and she's in the same boat... No pun intended. So neither of us complains if were in a car and someone wants a smoke. Govt needs to stop micromanaging- as a general statement, this is one of just many things they'd be better of leaving as a lower priority. At the same time it's good tho cuz I'm not a huge fan of secondhand smoke :P

Yeah you see as much as I agree with a lot of what the fine is about, I have a problem with over controlling council and state governments. Just the sheer number of fines that you can rack up these days just trying to enjoy life, parking restrictions etc way too harsh. It really does infringe on getting out and amongst it - easier to stay home which isn't healthy.

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