Germany plans to ban e-cigarettes in cars to protect children and pregnant women from second-hand smoke
On July 7, German media group RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) reported that German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach is pushing for a ban that would ban smoking, vaping products in cars with children and pregnant women The scope covers cigarettes, e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products and cannabis.
Lauterbach's draft will be presented at a cabinet meeting after it has been coordinated with other ministries, according to the RND and other media, citing Lauterbach's draft.
Smoking in cars is currently not illegal in Germany. The plan is part of a legalization proposal drafted by Lauterbach that seeks to expand the existing Smokefree Protection Act.
According to the draft cited by the RND, the smoking ban already in place on public transport aims to "protect this vulnerable group from second-hand smoke".
Smoking in cars has been shown to be associated with a higher risk due to the tight space. The draft states:
"Secondhand smoke also causes many serious diseases and deaths, such as coronary heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and sudden infant death syndrome, according to established research."
Numerous studies have also found a link between secondhand smoke and lung cancer, Lauterbach said; under the draft, the ban would apply to vaping products such as cigarettes, e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products and marijuana.
A German government statement said the ban on smoking in cars with children would be "unconditionally welcome".
Similar bans are currently in place in Australia, France, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and some states in the United States. Since 2019, several German states have introduced initiatives to ban smoking in cars with children, and violations can result in fines of up to 3,000 euros.
The upper house of the German parliament, the Bundesrat, decided in March 2022 to introduce a corresponding bill in the lower house, the Bundestag.
The German state of Lower Saxony once cited a report by the German Cancer Research Center stating that the concentration of smoke in a car may be "five times higher than in a bar environment".
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