Should you be allowed to smoke with a kid in the car?

A driver was issued a violation for smoking a cigarette with his kid in the car.  Before anyone starts to talk about "second hand smoke" it might help to remember that "second hand smoke" is mostly garbage and there isn't a lot of scientific evidence to back it up. That doesn't mean smoking is a good idea-it isn't-but issuing a fine for smoking with a minor in the car is the epitome of a big, bloated, and controlling nanny state that wants nothing more than to run your life.

I don't smoke anymore and I wouldn't recommend it, but that doesn't mean that I think all smokers are bad people, or that smoking with a child in the car is a sign of bad parentings. In fact, for decades people smoked all the time, around kids, at church, while pumping gasoline-everywhere.