FILE CABINET -- Smoking

COLUMN -- Before state tries to safeguard public health, it must define it @ 4/06/05

A Rank secondhand analysis of secondhand smoke @ 3/17/05

House smoking ban bill killed in committee @ 3/02/05

READER RESPONSE -- Congratulations to February Goodhue Award recipient Larry Shelly @3/01/05

Clever titles are not arguments @ 2/08/05

Business interruptus @ 2/25/05

A "capitol" day @ 2/08/05

NEW YORK TIMES -- Smoking ban: Much ado about nothing? @ 2/06/05

READER RESPONSE -- Another "Taking Exception" to the illogic of smoking bans @ 2/03/05

Pioneer Press stamps its rhetorical feet for smoking ban @ 1/31/05

The other side of secondhand smoke science @ 1/28/05

House committee passes the "butt" on smoking ban @ 1/28/05

Tell me again why we should be concerned about government power @ 1/26/05

COLUMN -- Smoking ban debate is about personal liberty @ 1/26/05

Smoking bans affect more than bars and resturants @ 1/26/05

The Dark Side of a Smoking Ban @ 1/26/05

NARN to discuss constitutional aspects of smoking ban @ 1/26/05

READER RESPONSE -- Are Minnesota tax dollars being used by lobbyists ? @ 1/11/05

READER RESPONSE -- More on smoking ban affects on small business @ 12/17/2004

READER RESPONSE -- Smoking and gambling column "indefensible" 1/04/05

REFERENCE -- Full Text of Edmund Contoski letter to Rep. Meslow on the merits of secondhand smoke scientific studies

COLUMN -- Smoking ban will crimp charitable gambling @ 12/15/2004

READER RESPONSE -- Smoking bans hurt bars and pubs @ 12/10/2004

It's not about big tobacco @ 12/03/2004

A leagal twist on workplace smoking @ 11/20/2004

Odds of maintaining property rights decline or . . . @ 11/11/2004

Hennepin County abridges property rights @ 10/13/2004

READER RESPONSE -- Last call for “Cheers”? @ 10/7/2004

READER RESPONSE -- Under public health umbrella @ 10/1/2004

Secondhand smoke column draws fire @ 9/28/2004

BAC Legislation not Comparable to Smoking Bans @ 9/26/2004

COLUMN -- Smoking ban is properly local issue @ 9/22/2004

COLUMN -- Secondhand smoke not a “public” health issue @ 9/22/2004

COLUMN -- Who’ll stop the sunshine? @ 9/21/2004