MP calls for smoke ban in cars carrying children

A Labour MP has called for a ban on adults smoking in cars where children are present, saying it would bring "tremendous" health benefits.

Alex Cunningham said children were particularly vulnerable to the effects of passive smoking and could not "remove" themselves from cars where cigarette smoke was circulating.

Parents simply exercising restraint was "not good enough", he told MPs.

But one Tory MP called the plan "over the top" and "ludicrous".

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