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  • NY State Parks are Ordered to Halt Outdoor Smoking Ban

    10/14/2013 7:10:45 AM PDT · by beaversmom · 20 replies
    Daily Freeman ^ | October 11, 2013 | MICHAEL VIRTANEN
    ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state parks officials must stop enforcing their recent ban on outdoor smoking, a state judge ordered, agreeing with a smokers' rights group that the state exceeded its authority. The February rules establishing no-smoking areas at various parks, including popular beaches and all nine state parks within New York City, aren't supported by any policy set by the Legislature, state Supreme Court Justice George Ceresia said. The city has a separate outdoor smoking ban for its parks and beaches that wasn't challenged in this lawsuit. The judge noted that while lawmakers enacted restrictions on indoor smoking,...