Lawmakers are considering whether a penalty for adults smoking with children in the car would be a violation of “parental rights.” Senate Bill 139 would make it a misdemeanor to smoke in the car with a child under 16 present. The violation would be punishable by up to a $25 fine. The violation would be a secondary offense, meaning people could not be pulled over just for smoking in the car with children. Instead, it would be something that could be tacked on if a person was already being pulled over for something else. Sen. Tom Takubo, a Charleston lung doctor, is the bill’s sponsor.