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Why Is Smoking Behind the Wheel Still Legal?

Nash Riggins | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Second Hand Smoke, Distracted Driving, Jim Hume, Holyrood, UK Universities & Education News
Nash Riggins

On Tuesday, Scottish MSP Jim Hume launched a proposal that aims to see smoking banned in all Scottish vehicles where children are present - and while the policy is undeniably a step in the right direction, it also completely lacks ambition.

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Modern Parenting: Further Risks Highlighted By Smoking During Pregnancy

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Passive Smoking, Pregnancy, Meningitis, Second Hand Smoke, Parenting, Modern Parenting, UK Lifestyle News

Smoking when pregnant can triple the risk of a child succumbing to a major cause of meningitis, research has shown. Inhaling tobacco smoke in the h...

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Government Anti-Smoking Advertising Campaign

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Smoking Dangers, Second-Hand Smoke, UK News, Tv Adverts, Smoking Campaign, Anti-Smoking Campaign, Radio Adverts, UK Lifestyle, UK Lifestyle News

The Government has launched an advertising campaign on the "hidden dangers" of second-hand smoke to young children. New TV and radio adverts in Eng...

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Smoking Ban in Cars: How Dare the BMA Dictate How We Live Our Lives?

Simon Clark | Posted 17.01.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Third Hand Smoke, Smoking, Forest, UK Politics, Health, Smoking in Cars, Second Hand Smoke, British Medical Association, Smoking Ban, UK Politics News
Simon Clark

International studies show that, in the overall scheme of things, smoking is a very minor distraction compared to fellow passengers, unruly children, changing a CD or retuning the radio. Perhaps we should ban them too, just in case.

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E Cigarettes - Regulate a new Method of smoking Harm Reduction?

Richard Shrubb | Posted 23.09.2011 | UK
Read More: Nrt, E-Cigarette, Second Hand Smoke, E-Cigarette Direct, Mhra, Personal Health, UK News
Richard Shrubb

In March this year the UK's Medicines and Health products Regulation Authority (MHRA) launched a consultation on the regulation of non tobacco adminis...

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