Call for smoking ban in cars carrying children

The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland has called for a complete smoking ban in cars wherever children are present.

It also wants all publicly funded institutions, especially hospitals and academic campuses, to be completely smoke free.

Doctors have made the call in a new policy statement to mark the tenth anniversary of the smoking ban.

The Irish Heart Foundation said that heart attacks have reduced by over 10% as a result of the ban.

The Irish Cancer Society claims that there has been a 25% reduction in the number of people smoking since the ban was introduced.
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