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Outdoor Smoking under Fire across the Nation

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Summer fun is going smokeless as outdoor smoking bans sweep the nation. The number of cities and counties that bar smoking in outdoor areas — including parks, cafes, concert venues, stadiums and beaches — has soared from 30 in 1999 to at least 1,124 today, according to the American Non-smokers' Rights Foundation, an advocacy group that tracks local ordinances. (USA Today [1], Friday)

Government knows best.

FEE Timely Classic
Let Property Settle Smoking Disputes [2] by Andrew I. Cohen


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[1] USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-07-12-smoking-bans_N.htm

[2] Let Property Settle Smoking Disputes: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=3217

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