Over the years, various laws have come into force to reduce smoking in public places and, slowly but surely, drastic improvements have been made.

However, one sector that has not been addressed is that of parents who openly smoke in front of their children and are passing secondary smoke inhalation to their young, damaging their health at an early age.

They are also setting a very poor example of parenthood.

The only way forward is to turn the tables on these irresponsible parents and make it illegal to smoke in the presence of minors, irrespective of where, and allow the children a voice in all this!

One appreciates that this will be difficult to implement. However, both parents and children will be aware that they are breaking the law when they smoke in the presence of the children.