Prohibits smoking tobacco in motor vehicles where a minor is a passenger.

New York S06743 amends the vehicle and traffic law to prohibit smoking tobacco in motor vehicles when a minor under 18 years of age is a passenger. The act defines smoking as the burning of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or any other matter containing tobacco. Violators, who must be 21 years of age or older, face a traffic infraction. A rebuttable presumption exists that a person holding a lighted tobacco product to or in the immediate proximity of their mouth is smoking.

Prohibits smoking tobacco in motor vehicles where a minor is a passenger.

New York S06743 amends the vehicle and traffic law to prohibit smoking tobacco in motor vehicles when a minor under 18 years of age is a passenger. The act defines smoking as the burning of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or any other matter containing tobacco. Violators, who must be 21 years of age or older, face a traffic infraction. A rebuttable presumption exists that a person holding a lighted tobacco product to or in the immediate proximity of their mouth is smoking.