Smoking while driving is a habit many find hard to quit, but it could soon become a costly one in Germany. Experts are calling for a strict ban on smoking in cars when children or pregnant women are present, with proposed fines of up to €3,000 (approximately $3,500 USD) for violators.
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Exposing children to secondhand smoke is a dangerous practice, yet many parents and adults continue to light up in vehicles with young passengers present. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns that there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke, which can lead to both short- and long-term health risks in children.
Read moreAs concerns about the dangers of secondhand smoke continue to grow, particularly for vulnerable populations like children and pregnant women, many European countries have taken steps to regulate smoking in private vehicles. However, the landscape of these regulations varies widely across the continent.
Read moreFrance, a country with around 15 million smokers, has a lower proportion of smokers compared to the EU average, according to the latest figures from Eurostat. However, it is not uncommon to see drivers in France with a cigarette in hand while behind the wheel. This raises the question: is smoking while driving illegal in France due to the potential dangers it poses?
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As of August 2019, smoking in a car with a child under the age of 16 has been illegal throughout Belgium, following the implementation of the ban in the Brussels region. Flanders and Wallonia had already adopted similar legislation earlier in the year.
Read moreAustria has joined the growing list of European countries taking steps to protect children and young people from the dangers of secondhand smoke in vehicles. As of 2018, a new law has come into force that prohibits smoking in cars when passengers under the age of 18 are present.
Read moreThe Finnish government has put forward a supplementary proposal to its Tobacco Act, which was initially submitted to Parliament in February. The new proposal seeks to ban smoking in cars when children under the age of 15 are present. The primary objective of this smoking ban is to minimize children’s exposure to tobacco smoke and the associated harmful health effects.
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