[shakermaker]

No sense could pass this law, surely.

Unlike the ban on using a mobile phone while driving, this smoking concern is not associated with the increased likelihood of a road accident. It's associated with the effect of smoking upon children in close proximity. Therefore, if the law was enforced for parents smoking in cars, the same logic would be able to pass a similar law for smoking in your own home while among children.

Most parents would agree that smoking around children is wrong - some wouldn't - but to make a legal issue out of it is (in my opinion) absurd. We're supposed to be giving parents more responsibility, not less.