Overlawyered » smoking bans http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Hitchens on nannyism and NYC http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/hitchens-on-nannyism-and-nyc/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/hitchens-on-nannyism-and-nyc/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:46:36 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26282 David Boaz recalls the great essayist’s remarks at a Cato Institute event. Other tributes: David Frum, D.G. Myers, Chris Buckley.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/hitchens-on-nannyism-and-nyc/feed/ 0 Ban on smoking by renters http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/ban-on-smoking-by-renters/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/ban-on-smoking-by-renters/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 05:09:59 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22531 The Bay Area town of Larkspur plans to forbid most apartment and condominium tenants from smoking in their own units. [Marin Independent Journal; related]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/ban-on-smoking-by-renters/feed/ 2 U.K.: “Roadblocks set up to catch drivers smoking” http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/u-k-roadblocks-set-up-to-catch-drivers-smoking/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/u-k-roadblocks-set-up-to-catch-drivers-smoking/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:02:30 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=21842 Authorities in Essex say they will check ashtrays and impose fines over smoking in company cars and commercial vehicles, which has been banned in England since 2007. [Telegraph via Stuttaford, NRO] We may need to develop a new terminology here: was Nanny herself ever so bossy and intrusive?

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/u-k-roadblocks-set-up-to-catch-drivers-smoking/feed/ 9 Mayor Bloomberg’s outdoor smoking ban http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/mayor-bloombergs-outdoor-smoking-ban/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/mayor-bloombergs-outdoor-smoking-ban/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:55:54 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=21409 When you go too far even for the editorialists at the Times, you know you’ve really gone overboard.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/mayor-bloombergs-outdoor-smoking-ban/feed/ 1 Smoking bans and heart attack “miracles,” cont’d http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/smoking-bans-and-heart-attack-miracles-contd/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/smoking-bans-and-heart-attack-miracles-contd/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:10:43 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20711 After much uncritical reportage of claims that heart attacks in this or that community fell immediately and precipitously after a smoking ban went into effect, a larger and more careful study finds no evidence for any such miraculous effect [Jacob Sullum, Reason] Earlier here, etc.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/smoking-bans-and-heart-attack-miracles-contd/feed/ 6 A story that can’t be true http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/a-story-that-cant-be-true/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/a-story-that-cant-be-true/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:21:10 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=19778 We know it can’t, because Mayor Bloomberg has assured us that smoking bans don’t cut into restaurants’ business. [Saginaw News via Fountain; Vassar, Mich.]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/a-story-that-cant-be-true/feed/ 5 NYC: “Smoke-easies” under siege http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/nyc-smoke-easies-under-siege/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/nyc-smoke-easies-under-siege/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:34:24 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=16519 The city moves to yank the licenses of nightclubs that it considers too tolerant of covert cigarette use. [NYT via Sullum, Reason "Hit and Run"]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/nyc-smoke-easies-under-siege/feed/ 5 U.K.: Better off institutionalized than with a parent who smokes? http://overlawyered.com/2009/08/u-k-better-off-institutionalized-than-with-a-parent-who-smokes/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/08/u-k-better-off-institutionalized-than-with-a-parent-who-smokes/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:49:18 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=13168 “Smokers banned by Welsh council from adopting or fostering children“. At some cost, it should be noted: “critics have pointed out there are already not enough foster parents in Wales”.

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  • New court allegations that disgraced Luzerne County, Pa. judges fixed civil cases as well [Legal Intelligencer; earlier here and here]
  • Half-hopeful, half-sad story of Florida town’s efforts to live down “Nub City” insurance-fraud notoriety [St. Petersburg Times a while back, but new to me; Errol Morris film; my review of Ken Dornstein's book]
  • Evidence continues to roll in against once-touted theory that bans on smoking in public places result in dramatic overnight drop in heart attack rates [Sullum, Reason "Hit and Run", earlier here and here]
  • Maybe everyone’s too used to such things by now to get riled up by that pic of garishly painted “1-800-LAWYERS” van [Ron Miller; earlier]
  • Magazines often found on scene at law enforcement raids = guilty magazines that should be banned from mails? [McClatchy "Suits and Sentences" blog; earlier on cockfighting periodicals Apr. 24, etc.]
  • Lawprofs: Let’s carve bigger religious-conscience exemptions into antibias laws [Robin Wilson, L.A. Times; Dale Carpenter series at Volokh; Ira Lupu, ConcurOp via Orin Kerr]
  • UK: “Parents sue NHS over ‘wrongful birth’ of disabled son” [Times Online, our earlier coverage of concept]
  • Throw bloggers in prison because their posts cause emotional distress? Have fifteen members of Congress gone completely mad? [David Kravets, Wired "Threat Level", earlier]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/may-7-roundup/feed/ 3     Ontario bans smoking in cars with children present http://overlawyered.com/2009/02/ontario-bans-smoking-in-cars-with-children-present/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/02/ontario-bans-smoking-in-cars-with-children-present/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:54:43 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=8751 Because the government, unlike your parents, has your best interests at heart.

    P.S. And now the North Dakota Senate.

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