[Newsbot]

Title: Man nailed for smoking in car
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2009-02-15 11:53:16
Canadian

[Bibbi]

Anyone who has suffered from the effects of second hand smoke would say all power to the police. May they charge more offenders.

[Brenda]

OMFG, you gotta be kidding. The guy is fined for smoking with a minor in the car, and the kid lights up a cigarette...

What the hell have we become?

Bibbi, you cannot be serious about this particular story.

[BAT119]

Exposing children to toxic waste is wrong, they need to give out more tickets to people that commit this crime.Go ahead smoke till you puke out a lung but keep the kids out of it. Hopefully the young kids won't make the same mistake this fifteen year old has made, its a lot easier to start than it is to quit.

[Axeman]

Exposing kids to toxic smoke IS wrong, but it ought to be a civil matter, not one for the police. We spend tax dollars to have police protect us from criminals, not to make our parenting decisions for us.

[Brenda]

BAT119 wrote:

Exposing children to toxic waste is wrong, they need to give out more tickets to people that commit this crime.Go ahead smoke till you puke out a lung but keep the kids out of it. Hopefully the young kids won't make the same mistake this fifteen year old has made, its a lot easier to start than it is to quit.

I take it you live in an oxygen tank? And you keep your kids in a plastic bubble? And you don't drive a car? And you don't use the bus? And you never use products manufactured in Canada? Or anywhere else in the world?

Please...

[Zipperfish]

Axeman wrote:

Exposing kids to toxic smoke IS wrong,

great. Let's shut down the mills, the refineries, the factories, the energy plants. Pull the cars off the road while we're at it.

[Axeman]

Zipperfish wrote:

great. Let's shut down the mills, the refineries, the factories, the energy plants. Pull the cars off the road while we're at it.

I don't believe I said or implied anything remotely like that. You must've been desperate to type something.

[BAT119]

If you want to blow your head off don't let your kids stand behind you and take them with you, its a known fact tobacco kills, the closer you are to it the more likely you are going to die.

[Axeman]

lily wrote:

I don't know the best way to deal with this, but I do remember being in the car with my mum when she smoked. We all hated it. And none of us had a choice.

How about "Hey Mom, do you think you could smoke somewhere else 'cause you're making your children choke"? Family disagreements are usually best solved that way...through communication. Still not a matter for government and police to solve.

[Brenda]

instantly? don't think so. Life kills. Live with it.

This should not be a police issue. This should be common sense. A 15 year old lights up a cigarette while her 20 year old friend gets fined for doing the same... I dunno, but something doesn't sound right there, does it?

[CanadianJeff]

Frankly there's better ways to deal with it. Public awareness is one way. I like what my city did though. You can't smoke within 10 feet of any public building entrance or exit or any business that wishes to post such a declaration. Doing so results in a fairly hefty fine. One cannot also smoke in any bingo hall, liquor store, church, etc.

Saves me a LOT of hassle of trying to avoid second hand smoke. I used to love going to bingo with my dad but hated with a passion the second hand smoke.

[RUEZ]

We have many laws to protect children. Why is this any different?

[Axeman]

lily wrote:

Well gee, why didn't we think of that?

We communicated, she smoked. That's the way it was back then. It's funny - my niece was a premie and no-one could smoke around her - doctor's orders - so no-one did. They smoked around the other kids though.

Well, I'm sorry that your mom was an asshole. My parents were pretty good at listening to me when I said something was hurting.

[RUEZ]

Axeman wrote:

lily wrote:

Well gee, why didn't we think of that?

We communicated, she smoked. That's the way it was back then. It's funny - my niece was a premie and no-one could smoke around her - doctor's orders - so no-one did. They smoked around the other kids though.

Well, I'm sorry that your mom was an asshole. My parents were pretty good at listening to me when I said something was hurting.

Back when I was a kid we didn't know any better when our parents smoked in front of us. We were kids, we didn't know they were giving us cancer.