Smoking in cars with kids is banned in 11 states, and West Virginia could be next

FILE – West Virginia Senate Majority Leader Tom Takubo, a Kanawha County Republican, listens to a colleague before the start of the 2020 regular legislative session Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Charleston, W.Va. The Senate passed a bill Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, that would ban smoking in cars when children age 16 and under are present. Takubo, a lung doctor, is the lead sponsor of the bill, which now goes to the House of Delegates. (AP Photo/John Raby, File)