No smoking, period.

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Smoking by an actor on stage is still banned by the state's indoor smoking law, even if it is important to the character, ruled a Colorado appeals court. "Smoking, by itself, is not sufficiently expressive to qualify for First Amendment protection," ruled the three-member court, upholding a lower court's verdict. "Murders are not committed, actors do not fire live bullets at each other or at the audience, the theater is not set afire to illustrate the burning of Rome in 'Julius Caesar,'" the court said. "The...