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• House passes bill prohibiting smoking in cars with child passengers 

The Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that will prohibit smoking in cars when children under age 16 are present.

A series of health experts supported the bill through the legislative process, saying that the damage caused by secondhand smoke is compounded in a car, where the carcinogenic chemicals are boxed in with passengers instead of dissipating in open air. Bill supporters said that children are left defenseless in a car with adult smokers because they are not likely to convince or even ask the adults to put out their cigarettes.

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