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Colorado Court Rules ‘No Smoking’ Means Exactly That, Even on Stage

Date: March 21, 2008
Author: Kirk Johnson
QUOTE: “The smoking ban was not intended to prevent actors from expressing emotion, setting a mood, illustrating a character trait, emphasizing a plot twist or making a political statement,” a three-member panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals said in its unanimous ruling, upholding a lower court’s verdict.  But, the court added, “smoking, by itself, is not sufficiently expressive to qualify for First Amendment protection.”

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