Smoking with kids in car now illegal in Wolfville

Wolfville, Nova Scotia has just become the first municipality in Canada to ban smoking if children under 18 are present in the vehicle.

CTV notes:

Earlier this year, the Ontario Medical Association said Ontario should ban smoking in vehicles carrying children, and said most residents in the province would support the move.

So this ban could likely gain momentum across the country.


What are the implications? This would seem to be an infringement on individual rights in favour of the greater good.

What about a pregnant woman? Should she be allowed to smoke in a car?

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Tuesday Update: Civil Libertarians not happy - National Post:

"...governments have no business ordering people not to smoke in the privacy of their own vehicles."

Wednesday Update: Smoke and we'll take your kids away - AGWN