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Others on the list will have more specific information, I'm sure, but for a starting place you might check Wikipedia's list of smoking bans in the United States. Individual theatres and chains probably have their own policies, but state laws would seem to be the logical place to start. I know that movie theaters in New York City still had smoking sections into the 1980s or later, something that was not common in many places.
The entry includes a few useful links as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_smoking_bans_in_the_United_States
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Subject: [SCREEN-L] smoking in movie theatres
Hello All,
Does anyone know when smoking was banned in American movie theatres? Was it
done on a chain by chain, theatre by theatre basis, or was it a general
policy? Has anything been written on smoking regulation within theatre
space? (All my efforts to research historical smoking bans were undone by
the overwhelming number of popular/social science reports on
diegetic/narrative smoking's effects on kid/teen viewers. Blerg.)
Please respond directly to [log in to unmask] Any guidance on this matter
would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
Catherine
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Northwestern University
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