Petersen, Howell Vote for Ban on Smoking in Car With Kids
Virginia Senate bill prohibits smoking in a vehicle when carrying kids aged 15 or younger.
By Paige Baxter, Capital News Service The Senate today passed a bill to prohibit smoking in a vehicle when a child under 15 is present. Senators voted 30-10 for the bill, which now goes to the House of Delegates for consideration. All Democrats — including Senators Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax City) and Janet Howell (D-Reston) — supported the bill, along with half of the Senate Republicans. Under Senate Bill 975, proposed by Sen. Ralph Northam (D-Virginia Beach and Norfolk), people who violate the proposed law would face a civil penalty of $100. On the floor of the Senate, Northam said the legislation was inspired by a third-grader who told Northam his parents smoke in the car with him. “It will protect our children and improve their health …
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Jim Daniels
1:53 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
While I think tobacco should be outlawed altogether...as long as it isn't people can feel free to give themselves lung cancer if they want....so I don't think forcing adults to go to a class like this is going to help much. Addiction is a tough thing to break., However the notion that this somehow is trampling on liberty is poppycock. Employers are allowed to make any rule they want for their … more ›