Will this bill pass? They want to make it illegal in S.C. to smoke in a vehicle when a child is a passenger!?

Answer 1

OF course!
Fools give their freedom away at any stupid idea!
It has only been about 20 years when the lawyers began to sue at the drop of a hat and cigarettes were the butt of these laws.(plus anything)
Yet for thousands of years, houses were always smoke filled as well as the cities. People still lived to old age.
I don't think I like my freedom to be taken away, even if I don't smoke (I did, I quit ,,but because it stank. but I still enjoy the pipe smoke) You know, I believe like Batman.. it is a combination ,,,like the drugs, pot and other junk. Not just the cigarettes because too many smokers have never had problems And far too many non-smokers have fallen even today with all the laws. MADD is after my beer also,,, what good is a sports event when they make it dry again???
Soon I'll be 67 not too many left, don't take my freedom too.

Answer 2

It should but people will cry about their rights. It's kind of like seatbelts, talking on a cell or putting on makup while driving, having open bottles of liquor in the car or being required to secure guns in a house if you have kids. All sensible things but people resist.

Also it's like smoking when pregnant. People know that it could possibly harm their child but do it anyway. Why would you just not smoke for 9 months when it is your childs life? It has also been shown that there is a marked increase of children having asthma or autism because of general pollutants. And second hand smoke apparently causes asthma and a higher incidence of disease or developmental issues that may not manifest for years. Even if you disagreed with the science (unfortunatly those who appose such laws tend to be less educated) why would you take the slightest chance that you may harm your own flesh and blood?

Answer 3

I don't know that it will pass or not, but it should. How would a cop see if someone has a child in the back seat anyway. This bill probably will pass since second hand smoking is slowing but surely being treated like a crime everywhere.

Answer 4

I'm not a fan of the government having that much control, especially when the law should be common sense (i.e. forcing people to wear bike helmets). This will probably pass though ~ because why wouldn't it? It's horrible to smoke with your kid in the car. My step-mom would smoke in the car every morning when driving me to elementary school and I'd have to go the whole day smelling like an ashtray!

Answer 5

In SC, this probably won't pass, at least not this year. I can't say for sure, but it did take them years to move the Confederate flag off of the state house. I don't think they have the most progressive legislature. I bet a lot of the representatives and senators still smoke in the car with their kids, they probably don't even roll the windows down.

Answer 6

I'm a former smoker and I recall when it was legal and permissible to smoke on buses, trains (subways), elevators, at the work place, in offices, etc. Little by little, science and the medical establishment started seeing relationships between the increased numbers of lung cancer and other lung ailments (emphysema, for example) and they started a long campaign to stop people from smoking... I remember hearing teachers that smoked telling the kids in the 50s not to smoke... it was "bad for your health."

I recall my mother and father, my aunts and uncles, grown cousins, family acquaintances and family friends and our neighbors... all smoking in front of me as a child. Then, when I was 15, I picked up my first pack of cigarettes and took my first drag... oh, that was so-o-o good, I thought... and little did I know that I had been addicted long before that first drag and I smoked for 44 years; I smoked while competing in Gymnastics, collegiate wrestling, while participating in Martial Arts, while teaching Swimming, Lifesaving, Adapted Swimming, Martial Arts... it didn't bother me then... but, I never smoked in front of children or elderly, in elevators or enclosed environments... and I was forced to quit smoking when I discovered that walking up a single flight of stairs left me gasping for air... and it was not very easy to quit... I had tried on so many other occasions!

I wish my parents and my grown relatives had not gotten ME addicted to cigarettes when I was a child... I might not have smoked and ruined my health... now, if the government threatens to raise the cigarette taxes or outlaw cigarettes I am now in favor of protecting children, the youth and the elderly...!

It's very simple, those that smoke have the right to ruin their health but they do not have the right to turn around and claim disability for ruining their health or having the rest of society paying for their medical expenses and supporting them with Social Security benefits!

Anyone who thinks that it's their Constitutional right, freedom and liberty to smoke is correct... but that right ends where the rights of others begin, the rights of non-smokers, minors, the elderly and those that do not wish to inhale second-hand smoke.

ANYONE one who thinks that smoking in a car is not harmful to children is simply a complete and total idiot and moreso when those children are his/hers.

I NEVER smoked in front of my daughter or inside my apartment (I used to step outside in the hall to smoke). Some may disagree with this but that's how I feel about it.

Answer 7

Yes it is expected to pass, there is firm proof that 2nd hand smoke is as bad as actual smoking. And when confined in a small area it is harder.

Answer 8

more then likely it wont pass. but if for some reason it does pass, how exactly is law enforcement going to handle this. they would have to hire more officers in order to keep an eye out for people who smoke in the care with children. which means taxes will go up in order to pay for the new officers. i dont think tax payers will be happy about this

what will they try to band next?? smoking in your own house?

Answer 9

I hope so.

I'm a smoker and I would NEVER smoke in a vehicle with my children.

It's my prerogative to do what I want with my own lungs, but I care a little more for my children than to ruin theirs.

Answer 10

I hope so!

I would also think that smoking outdoors damages the environment? Is smoking a cause of global warming?