smoking in cars most dangerous

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19946656

Summary:

Everyone knows that smoking is bad for your health. What is even worse is second-hand smoking. Researchers have tried to measure how bad smoking in cars is. The researchers tested 85 car journeys and they were shocked to find out that smoking in cars is three times more toxic than in the open air. Even with the window open toxic levels are higher than the World Health Organisation recommends.
Before smoking in bars was banned researchers measured in bars one-half to one-third of the recommended toxic levels on second-hand smoking.
Researchers believe that smoking in cars should be forbidden to protect the children of the parents who smoke in their cars. There are some people who are against it because they feel the next step is a legislation to prohibit smoking in homes. They feel parents should use their common sense.
Others are in favourite of this legislation because it could save lots of health cost on children who due to passive smoking suffer from lower respiratory tract infection, bacterial meningitis, and even in some cases sudden infant deaths.
There are even people in favour to ban smoking in cars completely.

Opinion:

I strongly believe smoking in places where children are should be forbidden. I stopped smoking before I had children and I told my partner he could only smoke outside the house. I believe it is a persons own choice to smoke or not, but a child has no say in this. Therefore the child should be protected at any cause. Researchers showed that smoking in cars is even worse for second-hand smokers than it would be in a bar. If a parent can not be responsible enough to smoke outside or after his journey in his car I do feel that a legislation could be the only way to force people to do better for there children. I do think it is sad that there has to be a legislation to force people to behave better and make sure their children do not get sick or in some cases die.