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Bill Could Ban Smoking In Car With Kids
ClickonDetroit ^ | November 8, 2005 | AP

Posted on 11/08/2005 12:52:05 PM PST by ShadowDancer

Bill Could Ban Smoking In Car With Kids

Studies Show Secondhand Smoke Impairs Respiratory Health

POSTED: 11:14 am EST November 8, 2005

LANSING, Mich. -- Smoky car rides to school may soon be illegal.

Using a lit tobacco product in a vehicle with a person under 18 would be a civil infraction under a bill to be formally introduced Tuesday by Rep. John Moolenaar, spokesman John Whetstone said.

"We've all seen it on our streets and highways, children in the back seat, smokers in the front, and your heart just goes out to those kids," said Moolenaar, R-Midland.

The bill would allow police officers to pull over drivers who are smoking with children in the car, Whetstone said. A fine for the infraction would be set by the courts.

Several studies indicate that secondhand smoke causes lung cancer in adult nonsmokers and impairs the respiratory health of children.

An estimated 150,000 to 300,000 children under 18 months of age get pneumonia or bronchitis every year from breathing secondhand tobacco smoke, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: letthemgetcancer; nannystate; wodlist
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1 posted on 11/08/2005 12:52:06 PM PST by ShadowDancer
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To: ShadowDancer

Here we go.


2 posted on 11/08/2005 12:53:02 PM PST by neodad (Rule Number 1: Be Armed)
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To: ShadowDancer

How about if it's the underage kid smoking?


3 posted on 11/08/2005 12:53:13 PM PST by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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To: ShadowDancer
An estimated 150,000 to 300,000 children

Some statistic. In other words, we're just making this up.

4 posted on 11/08/2005 12:53:47 PM PST by Argh
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To: ShadowDancer

Hard to see a difference between that and smoking in the house with kids present. Do you ban that as well? Slope thy name is Slippery.


5 posted on 11/08/2005 12:53:52 PM PST by Borges
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To: ShadowDancer

More of the nanny state. Don't you love it?


6 posted on 11/08/2005 12:54:07 PM PST by HungarianGypsy
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To: neodad

what are his views on killing preborn children???????that is certainly more dangerous than 2nd hand smoke.


7 posted on 11/08/2005 12:54:22 PM PST by berkley
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To: theDentist

That's totally acceptable.


8 posted on 11/08/2005 12:54:29 PM PST by ShadowDancer (I think I may have the Asian Bird Fru. I mean Flu. (Damn, it's starting already))
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To: ShadowDancer

Or how about Bill Could Ban Rap Music in Car with Kid


9 posted on 11/08/2005 12:54:35 PM PST by GSWarrior (Proudly posting bandwidth-consuming images since November 2000.)
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To: neodad
Smoky car rides to school may soon be illegal

So, going to the grocery store is ok?/sarc

10 posted on 11/08/2005 12:55:17 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: ShadowDancer
Howzabout Bill smokin' with Monica in the Oral Office...or was that "Hide the Cigar?"
11 posted on 11/08/2005 12:55:32 PM PST by quark
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To: ShadowDancer
An estimated 150,000 to 300,000 children under 18 months of age get pneumonia or bronchitis every year from breathing secondhand tobacco smoke, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

OK, I call BS.

12 posted on 11/08/2005 12:55:56 PM PST by Shalom Israel (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: ShadowDancer

What about anger? Can't they pass a law against anger? And meaness, too. And those deep blue M&M peanuts. They put too many in the bag. Can't they pass a law against blue M&M's?


13 posted on 11/08/2005 12:56:07 PM PST by GungaLaGunga
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To: ShadowDancer

Suppose it's a carload of underage kids?


14 posted on 11/08/2005 12:58:02 PM PST by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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To: Puppage

The next logical step will be in your own home. Countdown for all the "no constitutional right to privacy posts" 4....3....2....1


15 posted on 11/08/2005 12:58:13 PM PST by neodad (Rule Number 1: Be Armed)
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To: ShadowDancer
"We've all seen it on our streets and highways, children in the back seat, smokers in the front, and your heart just goes out to those kids," said Moolenaar, R-Midland.

"We've all seen it in our towns and cities, children in her belly, no man by her side, and your heart goes out to those kids when she selfishly refuses to abort them."

16 posted on 11/08/2005 12:58:40 PM PST by Shalom Israel (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: ShadowDancer; Just another Joe; CSM; lockjaw02; Publius6961; elkfersupper; nopardons; metesky; ...

These people just won't quit - will they?

I would like one of these lame brains to please explain why the rates of respiratory health problems in children, including asthma, are on a continuous rise at the same time smoking rates and SHS exposure are declining?

Of course they can not explain it.

As always - please ping or FReepmail me if you want on or off this list.


17 posted on 11/08/2005 12:58:46 PM PST by Gabz
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To: ShadowDancer

Yet it will still be legal for a parent to let a child run with scissors.

For now.


18 posted on 11/08/2005 12:59:23 PM PST by Flyer (The Internet, my dog and you ~ http://dahtcom.com/masoncam/)
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To: Shalom Israel

I dunno, when I worked at McDonald's 8 years ago, I saw this all the time. People pull up in drive thru, open their windows, and huge clouds come wafting out, and the car is packed with kids.


19 posted on 11/08/2005 12:59:59 PM PST by Crazieman (6-23-2005, Establishment of the United Socialist States of America)
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To: ShadowDancer

How do you even enforce this unless its another attempt for children to turn on their parents...???


20 posted on 11/08/2005 1:00:02 PM PST by alisasny (Jerry Lewis on France rioting...."CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG!")
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