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Queensland motorists fined $200 for smoking in cars with children  

Jump to full article: News Interactive Network/News Limited/News.com (au), 2010-07-25
Author: Kay Dibben * From: The Sunday Mail (Qld)

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MORE than 150 people who have continued to smoke in cars with children - putting them at risk of serious respiratory diseases - have copped $200 on-the-spot fines since January.

Queensland Health said research suggested more than 30 per cent of smokers with children aged under 14 continued to smoke in their cars.

Latest figures show 158 people have ignored new state laws, introduced on January 1, banning smoking in cars carrying children under 16, and have been fined.

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