11.   California is the only state thus far to have adopted a public smoking ban.

12.   Councilman Richard Alarcon suggested that the LAPD, with its Operation ABC unit that inspects bars for other problems, take over enforcement of the smoking ban.

13.   Geoffrey Bessin, in business class, presumed it was the meals, another passenger in coach recalled thinking someone was protesting the smoking ban.

14.   Half a century later, this historic first smoking ban at a public place seems enlightened, at least from an American perspective.

15.   Hospitals were chosen because they adopted the first industrywide smoking ban.

16.   Humber said all recent smoking ban studies are flawed because researchers focus on industry revenue data without taking into account compliance with the ban and other factors.

17.   In Albany County, corrections officials announced a smoking ban last month but decided not to implement it until March to give prisoners time to break the habit.

18.   In his defense, Leykis pointed to recent shows that dealt with the barroom smoking ban, the Clinton scandal and the American Indian controversy over sports team monikers.

19.   In late January, the state Assembly approved legislation to repeal the smoking ban in bars.

20.   In most of the communities represented, the smoking ban can be implemented through health regulations alone, and do not require further political action.