Smokers beware.

[Apollo]

Smoking in cars more hazardous than previously thought www.chinaview.cn 2008-01-04 05:56:55

 

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Smoking inside a vehicle is more dangerous to health than previously thought, health experts said on Thursday.

 

Smoking inside vehicles makes the air 10 times more toxic than the federal government says is hazardous for breathing, said Kimberly Belshe, secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency.

 

She was making the remarks in downtown Los Angeles while launching a campaign to ban smoking inside cars.

 

The city of Los Angeles enacted a newly enacted state law unveiled on Thursday, which bans drivers from lighting up in the presence of children.

 

"Our efforts to address the dangers of secondhand smoke in California began over a decade ago," said Belshe.

 

"Today, our state continues to be a leader by ensuring that children and youth traveling in cars are not exposed to secondhand smoke," she said.

 

Under the "Smoke-free Cars with Minors" law, a violation is punishable by a 100-dollar fine.

 

Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke have a greater risk of asthma attacks, ear infections, bronchitis and pneumonia, according to state health officials.

 

Long-term exposure has been linked to heart disease and lung cancer in adults.

 

"Infants and children are especially susceptible to the harmful effects of secondhand smoke," said Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health.

 

"Smoking in a car, or any confined space, increases the level of pollution inhaled by children and adults, thereby increasing the likelihood of suffering from the negative health effects of secondhand smoke."

 

In 1994, smoking was banned in California workplaces. Four years later, smoking was banned in bars.

 

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[RadX]

dun warn them le...let them die...good good...less of these bloody species on our planet

[Porker]

Pee Sai going to die soon cos he smokes in his car as well

[Silver_z]

Chey! I thot somebody's CNG blew up!

[RadX]

good good.....Pee Sai...care to buy one of our EXCLUSIVE NICHES

[Porker]

He's cleaning Arthur's club now. Don't listurb him. The boats are infested with barnacles tsk tsk

[RadX]

they allow Chao Ah Beng in ah...

 

oh btw...membership closed Hope it chiongs man

[Typhoonz]

Mai sio hun kee lah... So bloody expensive... Not as if it gives you more energy...

[Mzrmazda3]

Heng i don't smoke ...

[Fcw75]

dun warn them le...let them die...good good...less of these bloody species on our planet

 

Darwin's Theory of Evolution - Natural Selection

 

[Robin]

i think will increase the number of accidents too .. one hand hold cig, one hand on the wheel.. no hand shift gears

[Fcw75]

The worst I have seen is 1 hand holding the hp talking and the other hand holding a cigarette smoking....how to drive sia?

[Robin]

hmm ... mr bean style. use legs to steer and change gears