Vehicle smoking prohibitions are already in place in several states but they are limited to vehicles with children.

There are prohibitions on smoking in vehicles with or without children in several nations.

I agree with this. I also think bars should allow smoking. I think it's okay at restaurants if there is an enclosed smoking room.

Wow - that's real nice of ya mum! But unfortunately from what I have found, smokers only care about getting their hit. There's no consideration at all for us by most. Mum is the same - she has chromic asthma due to her stupid mother and father smoking like crazy in the house and car! If she has to deal with someones smoke, it cuts off her breathing. I have to wonder if anyone wants to take responsibility of killing someone in that way.
It just totally sux that parents can harm children they supposedly love in that way. I don't understand it!

If people are going to do something that harms the health of other around them, they should be just a little more considerate.
Yes - fine if someone is smoking ... if ya concerned for ya health ya walk around (although personally, I don't see why people who aren't polluting the air have to go way out of their way), but sometimes it's not possible to avoid the smoke!

I for one will rejoice if they ever ban cancer sticks altogether!
For me, I have no interest at all being around people who smoke. They stink and I'd rather spend my time in a cleaner environment.
Fortunately over here (maybe cause of the tougher laws) most people I come across (as in new people I meet) don't smoke.

For those who think it's all good to harm others lungs with their smoke, you shouldn't have a problem with other people who drink and drive either. Either way, it's putting other innocent lives at risk!

And like you Jen, there's a lot of people out there who suffer from asthma or other lung issues that smokers don't seem to think or care about.
The smoke can cause days of suffering or even death.
It's like no one gives a shit about anyone but themselves any more. And I mean that in everyday living things. There use to be more respect for others but it's becoming less and less by the day.

Even with the windows down, that's not good enough.
We have smelt smoke from cars stopped in front of us at lights so it travels a LONG way!

I love my little town. Ya rarely come across people smoking on the street.

Yuck. My mother did similar things. About the "window open" she seems to think that makes a difference. Once when I was about 8 or so, she threw a LIT cigarette (why would she give a shit where it went?) out the front window, and it flew around the air current of the car and HIT ME in the back seat. I started to cry, because I was burned, and she yelled at me and said "It must have been a bug that bit you." I had the fucking butt in my hand.

Once, she was pushing one of my babies in the stroller (after being told not to smoke around them) She waited until I turned around to light up, and when I turned back (to see my baby, because I could smell the smoke) she was so worried about hiding her freakin cig, that she spilled an entire cup of Pepsi into my diaper bag. (it was hanging on the handle of the stroller) My diaper bag got ants and I had to buy a new one, which is hard when you are young and have two babies and NO money. Didn't even get an apology.

Some smokers are better at self deception than junkies, I swear.

Woooow! I would NEVER let my mother around my babies! I am so serious! That's pretty darn horrible. And smokers ARE junkies! Addiction doesn't have to just be to illegal substances. Those stories just prove it. Care about your own child or your grandchildren? Not more than lighting up!

I think that it should be permitted where there is a fair choice for people who dont like it to have another area

I think it should be permitted anywhere you can keep your smoke out of the face of others. If your so close your smoke is going to make someone cough, you put it out...

I hope I don't sound rude about it, but if you disagree with a business' policies on, for example, their dress code (I've seen pictures of Hooters uniforms) then you don't give them your patronage. While I think it is reasonable to not permit smoking in an establishment that serves food and/or drinks, I also feel that I'm perfectly capable of going somewhere else if I don't find their approach satisfactory. I have a choice in the matter.

Now, that that doesn't extend to everything. I don't think it is okay with public transportation because more than likely, that's not really a choice but a traveling necessity. Situations like that were you really don't have much of a choice but to be close to someone who does something offensive then it is only fair to be considerate, willingly or not, of others' allergies and overall health.

With public, outside places I think it's fine, though I think it is reasonable to have a smaller area set off from the main area for smoking. And, it should be far enough that people who find it really offensive won't be affected.

Now that I've said all that, I can't even walk down the laundry detergent isle in the store without feeling it in my nose and throat. Heavy perfume does the same thing. I hurry down the detergent isle as fast as I can and, when someone's perfume (or body odor) is too strong, I move away. If something is offensive, I'd prefer to just remove myself from the area. Most of the time that solves my problem and it really doesn't inconvenience me.

But why? Eventually everyone will start inhaling that horrible smoke. Those kids that you were thinking about will eventually grow up and end up breathing in that smoke from those guys in the clubs/bars/strip clubs etc. I know everyone thinks its bad for the government to be controlling, but if they are controlling in order to preserve their nations health then I believe that they are allowed to do that.

I see what you're saying here, and got a laugh out of it, but perfume doesn't have hugely adverse affects on lungs...

"...where you can keep your smoke out of the face of others."

That means only inside your own home.

On the sidewalk: I can't even count how many times someone has been smoking while walking ahead of me and the smoke wafts my way. What am I supposed to do? Turn around and walk in the other direction? It cannot be avoided. I purposely choose a route with the least smokers but sometimes there they are anyway.

In a car: I've also had to close my own windows quite a number of times when a smoker ahead of me blows smoke out their window and it enters my car.

I have a damaged lung. Second hand smoke is a class 1 carcinogen. There is no measurable concentration of it that is considered safe. Do not tell me that a small amount shouldn't bother me. I'll decide that.

I would not mind a complete ban on smoking.