Ban smoking in cars with
kids: doctors
Canadian Medical Association
says move would protect young lungs from harm.
By Janet Steffenhagen
Vancouver Sun
Canada's doctors are calling
for a country-wide ban on smoking in all vehicles carrying children
- including private cars - to protect young lungs from the dangers
of second-hand smoke.
The recommendation won
resounding support Wednesday at the Canadian Medical Association's
annual general meeting in Vancouver, where delegates also called
for government efforts to reduce the amount of salt in processed
food and regulate the contents of energy drinks.
The risk of secondhand
smoke is quit clear to everyone in this room, Dr. Atul Kapur of
ottawa said in making the motion.
They don't have a choice
about whether to be exposed or not and because of the concentrated
atmosphere and the enclosed space, the risk is much higher.
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