Adults should be banned from smoking in cars when children are passengers, the new head of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has said.
In a BBC News website Scrubbing Up column, Professor Terence Stephenson, said children deserved protection.
"You can't inflict this on your colleagues any more. Why should we treat our children's health as a lower priority?" he said.
A Department of Health spokesman said it would review smoking laws next year.
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