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Langley RCMP Hand Out First Ticket To Man Smoking In Car With A Child

METRO VANCOUVER — Langley RCMP handed out their first ticket recently to a driver caught smoking cigarettes with a child in the car.

The man was pulled over while he was smoking cigarettes with a 13-year-old in the car. The driver was handed a ticket with a $109 fine and also was given a 24-hour suspension for driving under the influence of alcohol.

The man's name was not released by police.

Langley RCMP Cpl. Holly Marks believes it was one of the first tickets of its kind handed out in B.C.

"The wife was in the car and she was not upset that he got a ticket," she explained Wednesday. "She told the officer she had been trying to get her husband to stop smoking cigarettes in the car."

The law making it illegal to light up while a child under 16 years of age is in the vehicle came into effect April 1. The offence is listed as Section 231.1(3) of B.C.'s Motor Vehicle Act.

According to the Canadian Cancer Society, second-hand smoke cigarettes contains thousands of chemicals, many of which cause cancer. Infants and children are especially at risk because their lungs are still developing.

The cancer society says cigarettes produce about 12 minutes of smoke, yet the smoker may inhale only 30 seconds of smoke cigarettes from their cigarette. The rest of the smoke cigarettes lingers in the air for everyone to breathe.

Each year, more than 1,000 non-smoking cigarettes Canadians die from second-hand smoke, the society estimates.



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