Wales to ban smoking in cars carrying young people

A ban on tobacco smoking in cars carrying young people will be imposed in Wales on October 1, Health Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed.

According to a BBC News story, the ban, which will come in on the same day as one in England, will not include electronic cigarette vaping.

Health charities were said to have welcomed the move to ban smoking in cars carrying someone under the age of 18.

The police will be responsible for enforcing the ban as part of their road safety duties, and people caught flouting the new law will face a £50 on-the-spot fine.

Not too many people are likely to be caught, however.

A BBC News story of a few days earlier told how, according to government figures, the number of traffic police in England and Wales and fallen by 23 percent in four years – from 5,635 at the end of March 2010 to 4,356 at the end of March 2014.

The motoring organization, the RAC, was quoted as saying that the figures meant those breaking laws “will not get caught”.

The Home Office said crime had fallen by more than a fifth under the current government.