Smoking in cars with children banned in some countries

Smoking in cars with children could be banned after Lords vote

Smoking in cars carrying children could be banned after peers defeated the Government on the issue by 222 votes to 197.

Smoking in cars that are carrying children has already been banned in some states of Canada, Australia and the US and the whole of South Africa.

Labour hopes to impose a ban on smoking in cars that are carrying children in England. Credit: Clive Gee/PA Wire

Canada's Cancer Advisory Coalition claims the states' bans on smoking in cars have reduced children's exposure to second-hand smoke by 33%.

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