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I don't know if it is bona fide or not......OTOH a car is a car, regardless of whether it is a convertible or not. I would venture to say the Maine rule would apply to converts as well.

I drove a convertible for 15 years (I still miss that car)and even my SIL who has health problems that can be aggravated by tobacco smoke (and other smoke) never had a problem with anyone smoking when we were in that car.

I would suggest Maine be more concerned with foster kids being in convertibles to begin with rather than worrying about a non-existant problem with smokers.

BTW - I still have my anti-Delaware ban bumper stickers on my vehicle. yesterday we had lunch in Maryland and a gal who pulled into the parking lot just after we did asked me "who is Ruth Ann?" We were walking in the door as she asked and I explained she is the Governor of Delaware......She had the whole place (it's just a small tavern) roaring laughing when she said - "no wonder you want to ban her - she's killed half the bar business in that state with the stupid smoking ban."

Until yesterday, I had never before met this woman, so she had no idea about me. But here is someone that lives in southern Maryland and is totally aware about how devastating the smoking ban has been to Delaware businesses. For the hour or so we were in there 90% of the conversation was about smoker bans, increased tobacco taxes and all the hardhips and problems both cause.

As an interesting note - every person in there, including the owner and the waitress/bartender were smoking except for one guy, who like us had come in for some lunch......and even he agreed that smoking bans were absolutely stupid. His attitude was that if you don't like being around smoke go to a place that doesn't have it.