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Smoking bans in pubs working
THE six-month old smoking bans in licensed venues have been a success key stakeholders say.

Payouts to recoup smoking loss
EXCLUSIVE: A SECRET ploy has seen pokies tweaked to return a bonus $57 million in a desperate move to lure back punters after total smoking bans.

Payouts to recoup smoking loss
EXCLUSIVE: A SECRET ploy has seen pokies tweaked to return a bonus $57 million in winnings in a desperate move to lure back punters after total smoking bans.

State bans smoking at psychiatric hospitals
A bill that bans smoking on the grounds of state psychiatric hospitals has been signed into law this week by Gov. Jon Corzine, with a leading patients' rights group that strongly opposed the ban saying yesterday it has no immediate plans to legally challenge the legislation.

Maine bans smoking in cars when children are present
AUGUSTA, Maine -- Saying that children don't get to decide whether they have to sit in a smoke-filled car, Gov. John Baldacci signed a bill Thursday that will make Maine the latest state to ban smoking in cars in which children are present. ... - By GLENN ADAMS The Associated Press

Campaign launched to stop smoking in cars with kids
The fact that smoking in cars with children is hazardous to their health might seem like a common sense message, but that's the theme that will be hitting airwaves and newspapers across Ontario Monday.

Pub smoking bans may harm kids - study
Smoking bans in pubs and restaurants may endanger children by causing smokers to indulge in their habit more frequently at home, a visiting academic says.

Pub smoking bans may harm kids
Smoking bans in pubs and restaurants may endanger children by causing smokers to indulge in their habit more frequently at home.

Smoking bans pick up steam in latest poll
Wisconsin residents show an increased support for smoking bans, according to a poll released today. The poll showed 69 percent of respondents favor legislation prohibiting smoking in indoor public spaces, workplaces, bars and restaurants. That percentage is up 5 percent from a 2007 poll headed by the same firms that conducted this poll, the Mellman Group and Public Opinion Strategies. "Results ...

Austria wary of banning smoking
While many European countries have imposed smoking bans in bars and restaurants, Austria, afraid of hurting businesses, has so far resisted legislation preventing people lighting up where they please.

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Smoking ban - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Smoking bans are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational ... the world's first known public smoking ban (1590), as he threatened to ...

List of smoking bans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A national smoking ban in Albania was passed in June, 2006 by a very strong ... There has been a comprehensive ban on smoking in public places, including bars ...

CBC News In Depth: Smoking
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FORCES - Smoking Bans
... to public health frauds in science and politics on smoking and other matters. ... antitobacco rot wants total smoking bans: to avoid verification of what ...

D.C. Smoking Ban Approved - washingtonpost.com
... approval yesterday to a broad ban on smoking in bars, restaurants and other ... bans, and Howard County Council members voted this week to prohibit smoking in ...

ABC News: Do Smoking Bans Really Get People to Quit?
Smoking bans -- in airplanes, offices and restaurants -- were designed to reduce ... The fight over smoking bans continues in many parts of the country. ...

Md. Lawmakers Agree to Statewide Smoking Ban
... agreement Friday on a statewide smoking ban that includes bars, restaurants and private clubs. ... one of six smoking ban negotiators who brokered the ...

Smoking Ban Looks Unstoppable in District - washingtonpost.com
A citywide ban on smoking in restaurants, bars and other public areas appears headed for final approval today by the D.C. Council, according to supporters and opponents.

The Case Against Smoking Bans
bans generally forbid smoking in "public" places, ... bans are warranted because indoor smoking ... cates assert that smoking bans shape individual preferences ...

NYC Smoking Ban Debuts, Smoking Ban Affects Bars, Nightclubs - CBS News
... York City, as a new law that forbids smoking in bars and nightclubs takes effect. ... nationwide have adopted smoking bans in restaurants, according to ...

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Chicago Pipe Show Updated Smoking Info for Show

...the Show and the Illinois "Public" Smoking Ban. We believe that the below... OF THE NEW ILLINOIS PUBLIC SMOKING BAN, WE ARE LIMITED BY ... TO WHERE WE CAN LEGALLY SMOKE DURING THIS WEEK. PLEASE UNDERSTAND .... THE ONLY THREE LEGAL AREAS TO SMOKE ARE: 1. THE DESIGNATED ... TO ENTER THE TENT FOR SMOKING AND SOCIAL GATHERINGS. THE TENT ... THAT YOU ARE ENTERING A SMOKING AREA, ETC... AND PLACE THIS ...

Re: Smoking Bans Kill

... 2008 21:21:27 -0400, Shawn Hirn <srhi@comcast.net> wrote: In article <dh2iv39qgda6fe96po0e950659277hgjkn@4ax.com>, Robert <no@e.mail> wrote: The same people who hate smoking see nothing wrong with autos unnecessarily polluting the air. That's not quite true. I for one see a great problem with unnecessarily polluting the air, which is why I ...

Re: Smoking Bans Kill

... Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:21:27 -0400, Shawn Hirn <srhi@comcast.net> wrote: In article <dh2iv39qgda6fe96po0e950659277hgjkn@4ax.com>, Robert <no@e.mail> wrote: The same people who hate smoking see nothing wrong with autos unnecessarily polluting the air. That's not quite true. I for one see a great problem with unnecessarily polluting the air, which is why I drive a Prius and...

Re: Smoking Bans Kill

... stolen out from under me in that area last June. A four hour visit to the ER was enough to motivate me to stay away from there. Fascinating. (yawn) The same people who hate smoking see nothing wrong with autos unnecessarily polluting the air. That's not quite true. I for one see a great problem with unnecessarily polluting the air, which is why I drive a Prius and I ...

Re: Smoking Bans Kill

In article <dh2iv39qgda6fe96po0e950659277hgjkn@4ax.com>, Robert <no@e.mail> wrote: The same people who hate smoking see nothing wrong with autos unnecessarily polluting the air. Liar.

Re: What did RJR get for its $220,000?

..., MO., for sure. Robert says Big Pharma has pulled out of smoking bans. If so it should have taken...%% which is the average of 99 smoking ban referenda since 1983 of which I...Vegas-style casinos, not just riverboats? A ban passed two years ago kicked in April... days before the referendum passed. It banned smoking in restaurants 24/7, restaurant bars before 9PM, not in freestanding ...

Re: STICKS NIX BRICKS FIX

... GMT, anon3c67@nyx.nyx.net (Bruce Watson) wrote: Nebraska and Iowa have passed strong indoor smoking bans. TOUGH smoking bans. The Antismokers Handbook says tough is the politically correct adjective. I could supply hundreds of .... Big pharma is no angel, but their goal of ending smoking meshes quite nicely with the goal of anyone who likes to ...

Re: STICKS NIX BRICKS FIX

...> wrote: On 10 Apr 2008 17:43:47 GMT, anon3c67@nyx.nyx.net (Bruce Watson) wrote: Nebraska and Iowa have passed strong indoor smoking bans. TOUGH smoking bans. The Antismokers Handbook says tough is the politically correct adjective. I could supply hundreds of examples. TOUGH as in "TOUGH, smokers, deal ...

What did RJR get for its $220,000?

Not a defeat in Kansas City, MO., for sure. Robert says Big Pharma has pulled out of smoking bans. If so it should have taken not more than 2 cents of tobacco money to defeat the referendum...446. (52.1%% to 47.9%%) Well below the 59%% which is the average of 99 smoking ban referenda since 1983 of which I have data for but enough to make it law. Did RJR...

Re: What's Next?

... losing interest in supporting public smoking bans, that's fine. Obviously,... momentum toward having more public smoking bans has built up and...doing away with existing public smoking bans has fizzled before it...t need leadership. Witness the bans I pointed out and the...City is a sinking ship. They'll blame it on smoking...Trump already started. When that ban is repealed, it might start...