Expanding the scope of it’s prohibitionist sights beyond guns, the progressive left is taking aim at another of it’s long-standing pet peeves: smoking.
Leading the charge against tobacco is one John H. Banzhaf, a law professor at George Washington University as well as the founder of Action on Smoking and Health. Firmly convinced that the country must be cleansed of this scourge, Banzhaf has devised a modest proposal to help cut down on smoking: charging parents who smoke with child abuse.
Describing his plan before a conference of lawyers of and attorneys from all over the continent, the professor argues that doctors can file child abuse complaints against parents if their children end up in the emergency room due to respiratory problems rising from their parent’s smoking. Going even further, he claimed that doctors in turn could be sued for medical malpractice if they failed to file such complaints.
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People who make up these stupid laws should be deported !!!!!
If they smoke around their kids, I agree
Well then what about pollution coming out of cars and so on,,big list of that am sure its much worse for our children
Great idea
Lawyer is idiot
How about parents who drink around their children should be charged with child abuse….or parents who enable their children’s weight issues…or parents who use chem lawn and other unnecessary chemicals around their children? Just another argument for big brother knows best.
You don’t have to smoke near them, the soot from you smoking stays on your clothing and when inhaled, is just as bad as if you were smoking around them.
There isn’t a direct health issue from parents who drink around their kids. However, I do agree there should be some sort of consequence for those who don’t drink responsibly around children.
How about marijuana, it does not get in the lungs?
More and more control over our lives!