CA: Snuffing out smoking in cars with children

Sacramento Bee ^ | August 14, 2006 | Jim Sanders

[Madame Dufarge]

Great term! Mind if I borrow it on occasion?

Good Lord, I'd be honored if you did.

[mugs99]

I'm not worried about the slippery slope. Regulating smoking unfortunately is necessary.

I'm happy you're not worried about the slippery slope. The same public safety concerns used against smoking will also be used against religion.

In fact, the first salvo has already been fired:
"Religious belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide", according to research published today in the Journal of Religion and Society.

According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.

This won't end with smoking.
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[NCLaw441]

You said: As long as you crack the window and smoke while moving every bit of it goes out the window.
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You are joking, right?

[Madame Dufarge]

You know the routine - "Smokists" "Smokism", etc.

Most excellent.

I believe Randall has coined the term "Tobaccophobes", a very useful addition to the lexicon.

[eyedigress]

Still available on-line, but I'm not certain about this particular product.

[No Blue States]

No Im not joking at all.

Somehow the smoke just magically gets sucked out the window! Imagine that..if you dont believe me then try it. Its what most smokers do even if they are driving alone. The drawback is having to turn the AC off for it to work well.

[Madame Dufarge]

Somehow the smoke just magically gets sucked out the window!

Why, this has been exactly my experience too.

I suppose it's possible we own the only two vehicles in the world that have special smoke-sucking windows, but somehow that seems a stretch.

[No Blue States]

ROFL.

[metesky]

Bring back thee fly window!

[metesky]

And the fly window too.

[No Blue States]

I miss those fly windows!

It must be noted that for this secret technique to work, one must be going 20-30mph or more...best used on the highway. Otherwise, you can even insert your hand out the window while holding the cig until you get your speed up again.

If this didnt work my wife would have surely let me know by now!

[Just A Nobody]

my mom had quit smoking over 30 years ago, they count her death as smoking related. Now, how do you figure that.

If you EVER smoked or THOUGHT about smoking then your DEATH is "smoking related" even if you died at 105 years old and had quit smoking when you were 40.

Somewhere in my massive "smoking nazi related files" I read that.....or at least something very similar to that.

[Just A Nobody]

Thanks! ;*)

[metesky]

If this didnt work my wife would have surely let me know by now!

Shhhh! I'm sure she's listening.

[Gabz]

I suppose it's possible we own the only two vehicles in the world that have special smoke-sucking windows, but somehow that seems a stretch.

Add my car to list, along with my husband's truck........and the van of my non-smoking best friend, who permits smoking in her vehicle.

[libertarian27]

"He got me one of those air fresheners shaped like a leaf that you hang from the rearview mirror, and those things also stink and they give me a headache."

Are you in favor of banning those air fresheners too, all of them or just the ones shaped like a leaf? Since they ALSO stink and give you a headache - someone should look into this, and accommodate you.
This is not about smoking - never was and never will be.
But as it is your car, you do have every right to complain - I will agree there. It is your private property

[calcowgirl]

Well, heck! Let's ban perfume and after-shave, too!
Some people just wear too much and it is very offensive in the workplace.
They're too stupid to behave properly so we must control them.
It probably equates to some level of toxic inhalation for children, too.
There oughta be a law, I tell ya! For the children! /s

[Still Thinking]

Assemblyman Paul Koretz, a West Hollywood Democrat who proposed California's ban, Assembly Bill 379, said some parents don't seem to know -- or care -- about the dangers of secondhand smoke.

So until he can prove scientifically, without resort to any cooked studies, that there is in fact such a danger, he will refrain from passing the law? And if there is any activity more dangerous per capita, like bathing, gay sex, or using swimming pools, he promises not to pass a law on this issue till those other things are criminalized? Is that a fair statement of his position?

[Alouette]

Are you in favor of banning those air fresheners too, all of them or just the ones shaped like a leaf?

I am in favor of banning all smoking and all stinky air fresheners FROM MY OWN FREAKING CAR. Oh yeah, and farting too.

[Still Thinking]

Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Scheming Tyrant.