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Driver fined for lighting up with kids in car 

Charge laid is first in GTA under new law that targets smoking in vehicles with children
Jump to full article: Toronto (Ont) Star (ca), 2009-06-11
Author: Raveena Aulakh Staff reporter

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A Vaughan woman is believed to be the first person charged in Greater Toronto under a new provincial law that bans smoking in cars carrying children younger than 16.

The 38-year-old driver, who had three children as passengers, was pulled over on Dufferin St. at about 4 p.m. Monday. The kids were all younger than 11, said Const. Marina Orlovski of York Region police.

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