ASH NEWS: ASH Helps Newsweek Expand Story on Nonsmokers' Rights [02/21/06-4]

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Prof. John Banzhaf, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), worked with Newsweek to expand a story which originally focused on one piece of legislation in Virginia.

Banzhaf explained how the Virginia bill was only part of a developing trend -- one to restrict or even ban smoking more broadly, including both outdoors and in private homes.

As the article now reports: "Some cities are even addressing outdoor smoking. Lawmakers in Calabasas, Calif., last week banned it on streets and sidewalks and in parking lots and restaurant patios. Instead, smokers will use small 'smokers' outposts.' In 18 states, smoking can be raised in child-custody disputes. 'Here we are literally reaching into the last frontier-right into the home,' says John Banzhaf, executive director of the antismoking group Action on Smoking and Health. No longer can you argue, 'My home is my castle. I've got the right to smoke'."

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