Originally Posted by
samlad
I'm surpised that it's not been mentioned that smoking while driving could be dangerous anyway for two other reasons; 1) sparking up while driving would mean not having full control of the vehicle and 2) if the driver dropped the cigarette while driving, it could start a fire, never mind the passive smoking lark.
My parents used to smoke in the car when me and my brother and sister were kids. They never opened the window because my mother would always be cold. I can still remember the feeling of sickness and in a sense it was good because none of us now smoke because of it, but my sister did develop bronchitis, apparently caused by passive smoking. My mother thought we were all just being melodramatic when we coughed and spluttered. Now she leaves the room to smoke if we are around. She feels really bad about it all.
I don't care if people smoke, but I do hate it when I have to breathe it in. I really don't like the smell of cigarette smoke and it annoys me when I'm walking down the street and I have to breathe the smoke someone else exhales just because they want a cigarette.