Fewer places to puff.

• Position: Stateline

New York has joined Delaware and California in banning smoking in nearly every restaurant, bar and workplace. "It is now a known fact," said Senator Charles Fuschillo, bill sponsor, "that secondhand smoke, consisting of 4,000 chemicals, takes the lives of 53,000 people each year." Supporters argued that the public health benefits would far outweigh the economic blow to small businesses. The state ban applies to localities that either do not have any antismoking laws or that have...