Now theres the new smoking law, is it ilegal to smoke around your own children in your own home?

Yasmin H

It's not illegal in the UK, but it is unethical.

I was in a cafe the other day and two people were smoking around my nine month pregnant sister and a woman who was breastfeeding.

Some smokers are so ignorant and inconsiderate.

BleedingMe

not illegal, just wrong

Stu pid

No but it should be illegal to smoke around children!

Laurie M

I personally feel it should be considered child abuse. Why would you want to smoke around your children if you know what the facts say about second-hand smoke--IT KILLS--that is no joke. You should value your children's lives more than taking a puff.

Ellie P

not as far as i know...however you should really have the common sense not to anyway

pinkchiq2

that's stupid, as if they can stop people from doing that in their own homes! impossible to keep track of it! like people are going to abide, i think not! unless big brother really is watching then you cant stop what you don't no!

karen l

Not yet. How could they enforce it anyway?

Saoirse

In reply to Answer Lady's answer:

Firstly, the ban on smoking has nothing to do with socialism. Socialists have no general opinion on this matter; you will find nothing on smoking in any of Marx or Engels' books. If you mean general control, you are misinformed about what socialism means, and I would advise you to read the Communist Manifesto.

It is true that there is some evidence that suggests smoking and second hand smoke are harmful, but only because the research was funded by companies related to Tobacco. It would make no sense for the government to ban smoking unless it was harmful. (Which it is.) Since we live in capitalism, the only real motives are profit, and the government would not profit from doing this. In fact, they would lose any support they might have from the Tobacco industry.

Finally, there are other factors in lung cancer, but we can not ignore the dangers of smoking just because of this! Perhaps it is harmless (although I do not believe this). But until we are sure of it, we should trust what evidence we have otherwise, and protect people.

wizjp

Only in a few condo's in CA: and that's because of common areas not children .....so far

Piztaker

Murder has allways been illegal.

Flyflinger

All I can tell you is that lawyers are out of control, lawyers have put controls on everybody and everything put themselves. I think it is time the people take back the world from the lawyers. ...... Oh don't say the Bar Association, that is just a good'o'boy club for lawyers to get together and laugh about how they screwed some client.

garden gnome

It is not illegal to smoke in your own home, but anyone with a modicum of common sense knows the danger of passive smoking, so why inflict it on your children?

Billbob

at this rate soon it will be illegal to do anyrthing

purple_kathryn_ni

it should be
people who smoke around their children obviously do not love them

disgruntled_penguin

Why would you smoke around your kids?

Answer Lady

And they thought socialism was dead.....

The government doesn't need to be telling us what we can and can't do in this matter.

There is no factual proof that second hand smoke is harmful. To the contrary, the single study on the matter showed that there was almost no risk. That wasn't how the media played it.

The most used study to "prove" the dangers of smoking was debunked nearly a decade ago. It shows just how stupid people really are that they still believe it.

Most adults smoked until around 25 years ago. The lung cancer rates are actually higher NOW with fewer people smoking than back then. It's something else people, time to move on.

dels replies

No it's not illegal but it's highly undesirable.If you are any sort of parent at all you wouldn't be asking this question, you would be saying "how do I stop people smoking around my kids". As a parent you should be among the first people to give up.Don't you care what happens to the children's health in 20/30 years.

HappyGoLucky

I have heard that they are trying to pass that in some areas. I do know in some custody battles, and when the state gets involved, they can and do add that to a court order, that there is to be no smoking in the home, car, or in close proximity to the child. I think this is good. Why would you want your child exposed to 2ed hand smoke. It is a persons own freedom to harm their own health, but not that of any child.

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