State Not on Board With Gennaro's Smoking Ban
State health commissioner Richard Daines, who wants a major crackdown of smoking in the movie industry, stopped short today of endorsing a bill that would ban smoking in cars carrying children.
Here’s a brief excerpt of a television interview Raines had with Gabe Pressman, which was taped this morning but will air Sunday:
PRESSMAN: Would you--would you favor legislation to prohibit people from
smoking when they have a child in the car?Mr. DAINES: You know, I'd need to talk to some legislators and people about that. I know there's a lot of protections about your car is your palace and whatever, but it's certainly something we ought to look at.
It’s a ban that City Councilman Jim Gennaro wants to make law in the city.
Michael Bloomberg, an anti-smoking advocate, first indicated he would oppose such an effort. But after releasing a report on global statstics about smoking in midtown earlier this month, Bloomberg told reporters he agreed with the ban "conceptually."
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Let's ban smoking in homes with children, too.
I certainly think that smoking in a vehicle with children inside is a very thoughtless thing to do. The medical community unanimously believes that it does have some very negative effects on children's health. Do you ticket drivers for doing it? Maybe if you've stopped them for something else. You certainly do try to discourage it by spreading the word that it's unhealthy for the child.
I can demonstrate to the unanimous medical community that cracking the window of a car creates a vacuum that sucks every trace of smoke outside. Then they can show me the "negative effects" of no smoke. Of course they already know and ignore this fact; their true purpose in invading private cars is to establish a prececent for invading the private homes of smokers. That's a precedent for invading the private home of anyone.
Good luck, suckers!
No one would deny that smoking around a child is far from the responsible thing to do as an adult. Although, I cant help but wonder how in a city with murder, gangs, drugs, and one of the highest high school drop out rates in the country, are we focusing on the right issues. Lets help our children live to be 18, and then we can worry about them living to 50.