New laws to ban smoking in cars with children passengers have come into force in England and Wales. The new rules apply to any driver or passenger in any “enclosed vehicle” when a child under the age of 18 is on board. It is also an offence for a driver, including a provisional driver, not to stop one of their passengers smoking in a private vehicle if there’s a minor present.Anybody caught breaking the law is subject to a £50 fine in theory but police chiefs and Government officials have admitted that they won’t issue fines to drivers or passengers caught under the new in-car smoking laws for at least three months.
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