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Should Smoking Bans Apply to Actors on Stage? - Health Blog - WSJ
8 hours ago ago from Health Blog - WSJ
By Jacob Goldstein As we've watched smoking bans spread around the world , we've never thought to ask ourselves what the bans mean for stage plays that call for actors to smoke. But it turns out this is a big issue in some places. Colorado's Supreme Court said this week that the state's smoking ban applies to actors on stage. Those who argued for allowing actors to smoke said it was a free speech issue; those opposed said it was all ...
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7 hours ago ago from Blogging Censorship
This week, in a decision that is likely to limit what theaters decide to produce, Colorado's Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on theatrical smoking. The 2006 Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act prohibits smoking inside public buildings. This is something we welcome! However, contrary to the situation in other states where smoking on stage is exempt, Colorado performers are banned from smoking even herbal cigarettes. Yet, smoking is often a ...
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14 hours ago ago from Tobacco Facts. Cigarettes Smoking Effects. Tobacco News.
Since James Bonsack invented the first cigarette rolling machine in 1881 global cigarette consumption has been rising steadily. There has also been a rise in the devastating effects of smoking. According to the third edition of Tobacco Atlas, all forms of tobacco are addictive and lethal. Scientific evidence also confirms that smokers face a very high risk of death from many cancers, respiratory diseases, stroke and many other fatal ...
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13 hours ago ago from Views of a Salisbury Grinch
Beginning Feb. 1, 2008, smoking was declared illegal inside bars, restaurants and private clubs, which includes American Legion halls, throughout Maryland. The state banned smoking in most other workplaces in the 1990s. The ban does not apply to tobacco shops. Businesses affected by the smoking ban could apply for a "hardship" waiver issued by local health departments. These waivers expire in 2011 and cannot be renewed. Businesses must ...
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16 hours ago ago from Labor Law Center Blog
On December 10, Michigan became the 38 th state to pass a law that bans smoking in the workplace, including restaurants and bars. The Michigan smoking ban will go into effect on May 1, 2010. The law prohibits smoking in almost all bars, restaurants and workplaces. Exceptions to the smoking include tobacco specialty stores and cigar bars. Smoking will also be allowed in home offices and motor vehicles – even motor vehicles ...
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Colo. Supreme Court bans smoking in live theater
12 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Colo. Supreme Court bans smoking in live theater DENVER (AP) -- The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld a state ban on smoking by actors onstage, ruling that public health trumps actor's freedom of expression. The court ruled 6-1 on Monday that a state indoor smoking ban applies to theaters. Observers called it the first decision by a state court upholding the extension of a smoking ban to theatrical performances. Of 24 states with indoor ...
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6 hours ago ago from The New York Times
BOSTON When Massachusetts began offering virtually free treatments to help poor residents of the state stop smoking in 2006, proponents hoped the new Medicaid program would someday reap benefits. Readers' Opinions But state officials never expected it would happen so soon. New state data show a steep drop in the smoking rate among poor people. When the program started, about 38 percent of poor Massachusetts ...
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