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Act 13
Arkansas Protection From Secondhand Smoke for Children Act

Smoking is prohibited in all motor vehicles carrying a child less than six years of age and weighing less than 60 pounds. The child should also be restrained by a child passenger safety seat properly secured in accordance to law.

Breaking this law is considered a primary offense. Law enforcement officers have the right to pull you over for this violation.

Penalties for violating this act include a fine of $25.

Any first offender proving they have entered a smoking cessation program may have his or her fine voided.

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You owe it to yourself and to your children to quit!
 
Tobacco

  • 13% of 6th grade students in Benton County have tried cigarettes at least once
  • Over 177,000 kids are exposed to second hand smoke
  • 23.5% of adults smoke in Arkansas
  • 390 to 700 people die each year in Arkansas from someone else’s smoke
  • Being around secondhand smoke for two hours is like smoking four cigarettes
  • Kids who have parents who smoke are 3.3 times more likely to start smoking themselves.