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Submitted by The Fire Inside on Tue, 02/28/2006 - 1:34pm.

BBC:

Authorities in Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, are to consider banning smoking in cars.

A parliamentary inquiry will look at the effects of passive smoking on passengers, particularly children.

Supporters of the proposal have admitted, however, that enforcing such a ban would be difficult.

Smokers in Australia have already been squeezed out of bars and restaurants, as well as some beaches and most other public places.

Evidently, this has already been tried here in the US. Thank God they have been ruled out.

Similar laws have been proposed in parts of the United States and Germany, but were rejected on privacy grounds.

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