First texting and now smoking — Lawmakers considering limiting lighting up in cars

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) -

Ohio already bans smoking in most indoor places but now some lawmakers want to make it illegal to smoke in cars when children are present.

The measure would prohibit smoking in a vehicle when youths 6 and under are present. 

"Illegal is pushing it a little too far!" said one smoker.
 
"There's no need for a law like that!" said another Ohio smoker.

But some smokers actually agree.
 
"I have asthma so I already know what it can do to somebody's lungs," said Rachel Carpenter.

Sen. Tom Patton, chairman of the Highways and Transportation Committee, is heading up the committee which supports the ban. The bill, if passed, calls for fines starting at $500 for violators caught lighting up in a vehicle with young children in the car.

Smoking in vehicles while children are passengers is already illegal in both Canada and Australia.

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