{"id":33653,"date":"2025-02-18T13:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/south-carolina-bill-would-ban-smoking-inside-cars-while-children-are-passengers\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T13:43:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:43:01","slug":"south-carolina-bill-would-ban-smoking-inside-cars-while-children-are-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/south-carolina-bill-would-ban-smoking-inside-cars-while-children-are-passengers\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina bill would ban smoking inside cars while children are passengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bipartisan group of senators in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/south-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Carolina<\/a> introduced a bill this week that would ban smoking in the car with a child present.<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina Sen. Darrell Jackson, a Democrat, said it is aimed at protecting kids from the harmful effects of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/respiratory-health\/stop-smoking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">secondhand smoke<\/a> and is similar to legislation already in place in a dozen other states.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the time has come for us to have a serious discussion, having South Carolina join these other states. Many of them are Southern states,&#8221; Jackson said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/smoking-shrinks-brain-drives-alzheimers-risk-study-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SMOKING SHRINKS THE BRAIN AND DRIVES UP ALZHEIMER\u2019S RISK, NEW STUDY FINDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a father and grandfather, I believe we have a duty to create a healthier future for the next generation,&#8221; Jackson said. &#8220;This legislation is not about punishing smokers; it&#8217;s about ensuring our kids can grow up in an environment free from unnecessary health risks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess126_2025-2026\/bills\/340.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The bill<\/a> would make it unlawful for a person to smoke a tobacco product in a motor vehicle with a passenger under the age of 12 present. It goes on to outline &#8220;tobacco product&#8221; as a product that contains tobacco and is intended for human consumption.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/popular-italian-city-officially-bans-cigarette-smoking-outdoors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>POPULAR ITALIAN CITY OFFICIALLY BANS CIGARETTE SMOKING OUTDOORS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bill suggests a person in violation &#8220;must be fined not more than one hundred dollars&#8221; each time the offense takes place.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson filed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/state-and-local\/legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar legislation<\/a> in the state almost two decades ago. Though it passed the state Senate, it never reached the governor\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bipartisan group of senators in South Carolina introduced a bill this week that would ban smoking in the car with a child present. South Carolina Sen. Darrell Jackson, a Democrat, said it is aimed at protecting kids from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke and is similar to legislation already in place in a &#8230; <a title=\"South Carolina bill would ban smoking inside cars while children are passengers\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/south-carolina-bill-would-ban-smoking-inside-cars-while-children-are-passengers\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about South Carolina bill would ban smoking inside cars while children are passengers\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}