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New York Smoking Ban Targeted26 August 2005NEW YORK – As reported by the Syracuse Post-Standard: "Oneida County Health Department officials have told the Oneida Indian Nation they will begin enforcing the state's no-smoking law at one of the few remaining havens for local smokers - the tribe's Turning Stone Resort and Casino. "County officials say the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in March clears the way for them to enforce the smoking ban and all other state and county health codes on nation-owned properties. The high court ruled March 29 that the nation could not assert sovereignty over land that has been out of its hands for nearly 200 years. "…An area citizens group, the Upstate Citizens for Equality or UCE, has been after the county for months to either enforce the state's smoking ban at Turning Stone or not enforce it anywhere. The group filed legal action to that end in May…" |