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Group Stages ‘Smoke-In’ At Brighton Beach To Protest NYC’s New Smoking Ban

Smokers will be intentionally breaking the law and lighting up in protest of New York City’s new smoking ban.

2011/05/28

Neighborhood Residents Worry That Battery Park Could Become ‘Smoker’s Paradise’

Some New York city residents are furious about the Big Apple’s new smoking ban in public parks. Their anger, however, is not because they’re smokers – it’s because they’re not, and they’re worried that exceptions to the ban may make their neighborhood park a smoker’s paradise.

2011/05/26

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NYC Taking ‘Inform On Your Friends’ Approach To Outdoor Smoking Ban

Don’t even think of smoking in New York City parks and plazas or you’ll get burned. The city’s outdoor smoking ban went into effect Monday, but in one park officials took a ”make love not war” approach to banning the butts.

2011/05/23

NYC No Smoking Ban At Parks, Other Public Places, To Start Monday

Come Monday the city’s sweeping ban kicks in at parks, beaches and pedestrian plazas, like in Times Square.

2011/05/22

Report: Atlantic City Having Trouble Enforcing Casino Smoking Ban

After nearly banning smoking altogether at casinos, the city imposed the partial ban in 2007. The change of heart came when the economy crashed and casinos feared a complete smoking ban would cost them more customers.

2011/04/24

Long Island Lawmakers Want To Ban Smoking In Cars With Children

A bill proposed and co-sponsored by Legislators Judi Bosworth and Judy Jacobs would ban smoking in all motor vehicles in Nassau County with at least one passenger younger than 18.

2011/03/08

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Mayor Bloomberg To Sign Smoking Ban Bill

The City Council approved the measure on Feb. 2., but not without opposition. Council members who voted against the ban said they see it as an invasion of individual rights.

2011/02/22

Has NYC Gone Too Far By Banning Smoking In Parks?

Smokers have yielded as places to puff have diminished over the years, but many of them and even some nonsmokers are saying the city has gone too far this time.

2011/02/20

A woman smokes in Union Square. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

NYC Council Bans Smoking In Parks, Beaches

Smokers have just one message for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council members: butt out of our business. By a vote of 36 to 11 on the City Council approved a bill to expand its anti-smoking crusade.

2011/02/02

L.I. Village Bans Smoking On Public Sidewalks

Mayor Ralph J. Kreitzman said the ban was enacted after officials got complaints about smokers standing outside stores in the village. He said the law will also benefit pedestrians who might have been subjected to second-hand smoke.

2011/01/05

Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. (credit: AP Photo/Mel Evans)

$4.5M Settlement In Casino Secondhand Smoke Suit

Vince Rennich had sued Tropicana Casino and Resort, saying his lung cancer was caused by 25 years of exposure to secondhand smoke inside the casino.

2010/12/03

Bloomy: No Compromise On Smoking Ban

Mayor Michael Bloomberg put out Councilman Peter Vallone’s compromise plan about creating smoking zones in parks and beaches once again on Friday.

1010 WINS–2010/10/15

Big Apple Closer To Expanding Public Smoking Ban

Hey outdoor tobacco lovers, smoke ‘em while you can. The City Council moved one step closer Thursday to expanding Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Smoke Free Air Act.

2010/10/14

City Council Holds Hearing On Proposed Smoking Ban

Some passionated arguments are expected to be heard at a hearing this afternoon from both supporters and opponents of a proposed new outdoor smoking ban.

2010/10/14