There will probably be as many prosecutions as there are now for failing to use a seatbelt, middle-lane hogging, tail-gating and all the other things that are supposedly against the law but which get picked up on relatively rarely.
But will fewer people smoke with kids in the car once it's illegal? Like seatbelts smoking is easy to observe and is either being done or not. Lane hogging and tailgating require observation and judgement so not so simple to prosecute.
Seatbelt complaince is far from perfect but much higher than it was before compulsion.
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