I'm the product of smoking parents, so even though I've never smoked a cigarette myself, I'm paying the price 30 years later with high level of chest infections, pleurisy and at one point, suspected asthma.

I have no problem with people smoking in their homes, their cars or on the street but as soon as that smoke becomes trapped in an enclosed space, it's a problem. Then it's not just yourself who gets the benefit, but everyone. If you're in a room full of smokers, then fine, no problem... but children and particularly babies shouldn't be subjected to passive smoking.

In vehicles, the air venting system doesn't always take air and smoke out of the car, but pumps it back in and round... open windows can blow smoke and embers into the back of the car... dropped cigarettes can cause accidents and burns... the act of lighting a cigarette in the car takes both your hand off the wheel and your eye off the road (who wants to wave a cigarette lighter that close to their nose?!) - I once drove regularly with a guy who thought it perfectly legitimate and safe to light a cigarette, using both hands, whilst steering with his knees at 70mph on motorways. People take stupid enough risks as it is, one less could save their lives.

LTS