Jump to full article: New York Daily News, 1998-07-20
Author: SIDNEY ZION
Intro: UNLESS THE courts halt the relentless march of the Nicotine Nazis, the Hamptons fall on the first Monday in August. No more cigs with martinis at Bobby Van's, no brandy and cigars after steak at The Palm.
The bars at your favorite restaurants will be as smoke-free as the dining areas leaving nothing but the house and the beach, and don't bet the house on the beach.
The Suffolk County Legislature banned smoking in bar areas of restaurants as of July 1. . . .
The World Health Organization, the SS of the Nicotine Nazi movement, spent millions on a seven-year study in 12 European countries to prove that passive smoking causes cancer.
It came up empty. No connection between secondhand smoke and cancer. This puts the lie to all the so-called studies on passive smoke and ought to take down all the "No Smoking" signs in restaurants and newsrooms.
But the news media censor this report. And thus Ken Novikoff, on behalf of the restaurant owners, "stipulates" that secondhand smoke causes harm. And argues only the equal protection clause.
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