Grandparents stop smoking in cars.

Parents – and Grandparents- May Have to Stop Smoking in Cars when Children and Grandchildren are Present

Tasmania, South Australia and Queensland have announced their support for a Commonwealth call to . ban smoking in cars while children are present. The Minister for Ageing, Christopher Pyne raised the issued at the recent Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy

“Someone under the age of 15 dies every week on average from a tobacco-related cause,” Mr Pyne said.

“Being confined within a car while an adult is smoking means that children and babies are unable to escape from the poisons and harmful particles contained in cigarette smoke through passive smoking.

“Children exposed to passive smoking, particularly in the confined space of a car, are more likely to experience such serious illnesses as pneumonia, middle ear infections and asthma attacks.

“There aren’t any excuses left for the remaining states to move to protect children from exposure to this danger,” he said.