LA Times: "A state Senate committee approved legislation Wednesday to prohibit drivers from smoking in cars if young children are passengers...'It's time to take a stand and protect children beyond what their parents are willing to do,' said Sen. Deborah Ortiz (D-Sacramento)...'"

Hello.

Shouldn't we leave parenting, even bad parenting, to the parents? If we start handing out tickets to everyone exposing their kids to something unhealthy, there'll be an awful lot of cops at McDonalds.