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Britain will ban smoking in cars with children. It wants to stop children from passive smoking. This is when someone breathes in smoke from a cigarette. It can be as harmful as smoking a cigarette. Research found that children who sat in smoke-filled cars had health problems. Britain's leader said the problem is bad in cars because there is so little space. The car fills with smoke quickly. It will be illegal to smoke in a car with a child in it.

Not everyone agrees with the new law. Some people say it takes away the freedom of smokers. They think it is OK to smoke in a car. In many public places you cannot smoke. Some people are worried the ban might become wider, so no one can smoke in a car. Britain's health minister said the health of children was more important than the freedom to smoke. He said: "Protecting a child's health does seem to me to be incredibly important."