Hundreds Rally Against State Ban on Smoking
From Times Wire Reports
Bar owners, bartenders, pool hall proprietors and smokers rallied at New York City Hall to protest a law that bans smoking in bars and restaurants.
“Can the Ban” was brandished on signs and baseball caps and chanted by hundreds of protesters on the day New York state followed the lead of the city, which barred smoking in indoor workplaces last spring over public health concerns.
Rob Bookman, lawyer for the New York Nightlife Assn., said the group plans to challenge New York City’s law.
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