Smoking in Cars with Children Illegal as of January 30, 2018

Smoking in Cars with Children Illegal as of January 30, 2018

We have lately seen online that it is illegal for people to smoke in their cars with children inside (http://archive.is/9vfWZ).  The law became effective on January 30^th, 2018, aiming to protect children from secondhand smoking establishing a fine of US$ 100 for those who violated the law.  “According to the Department of Health, when a child breathes in secondhand smoke, they breath in thousands of chemicals, just like the smoker does” ( http://archive.is/9vfWZ). .  The CDC has conducted studies about secondhand smoke effects and they are “Secondhand smoke causes numerous health problems in infants and children, including more frequent and severe asthma attacks, respiratory infections, ear infections, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)”.

 As per Snopes, there is no such law and this article is just a copy of a previous hoax in 2015 and 2016. There have been attempts at state and local levels to ban smoking in private cars with minors but never at a federal level.  Some of these states are Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Maine and Oregon within several.

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