Call to ban smoking in vehicles

The charity also calls for unbranded packaging for tobacco products An anti-smoking charity has called for a consultation on banning smoking in vehicles in Scotland.

Ash Scotland made the call, along with 32 other recommendations, as part of a strategy to tackle "Scotland's biggest killer".

The charity said the change would highlight the impact of second-hand smoke on others.

However, the Tobacco Manufacturers' Association said such a move would be a "step too far".

Latest figures suggest a quarter of all adult deaths in Scotland can be attributed to smoking-related diseases.

Continue reading the main storyRelated storiesOne in four Scots still smokingSmoke ban blamed for pub closures Setting out their "Beyond Smoke Free" document, Ash Scotland said the country had taken major steps to cut smoking in the past six years, but that more needed to be done.

The document calls for a consultation on introducing legislation to ban smoking in vehicles and the development of "robust" intermediate and endpoint targets to reduce the effects of passive smoking in the home and in vehicles.

Other proposals in the document include calling for a UK law to require standardised, unbranded packaging of tobacco products and encouraging the UK government to increase tobacco industry accountability.