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by snowbird
Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:32 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Should smoking in cars with children present be banned?
Replies: 6
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Smoking in cars with children present

While I appreciate the desire to shield children from secondhand smoke exposure in cars, I'm afraid that the proposal to ban smoking in cars occupied by children represents an unwarranted intrusion into the privacy and autonomy of parenthood. The autonomy to make one's own decisions about what risks to subject a child to is not to be interfered with lightly. It should only be done in cases where there is a substantial threat of severe harm to the child. Interfering with parental autonomy in a case where there is only minor risk involved is unwarranted. Let me explain what I mean by substantial...

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