Car smoking ban call

Wellington: Children’s Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft is demanding MPs stop stalling and ban smoking in cars carrying children.

The petition received crossparty support from the committee, which was comprised of MP’s from Labour, National, the Greens and New Zealand First.

But four years on, Judge Becroft said progress had stalled, and it was time to take action.

Figures from the Smokefree New Zealand website indicate 16% of adults smoke in New Zealand and it is estimated more than 100,000 children are exposed to secondhand smoke in cars each week. — RNZ