Anti-smoking milestone reached in U.S.
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070120/ap_on_he_me/smoke_free_america"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070120/capt.njme90101200418.smoke_free_america_njme901.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=el9MBm18NAOhiirqSA7Cwg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Proprietor and anti-smoking ban activist, Armando Frallicciardi Jr., right, joins other smokers in the bar area of his restaurant, Lorenzo's Restaurant, March 3, 2006 in Trenton, N.J. For the first time in our nation's history, with the November passage of initiatives in Nevada and Ohio, one of every two Americans lives in a place with laws to keep the workplace smoke-free. Buoyed by improbable acceptance in Nevada, advocates are now working with city officials from across the nation on how to bring the other half of the country around. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Thirty years after it began as just another quirky movement in Berkeley, Calif., the push to ban smoking in restaurants, bars and other public places has reached a national milestone.</p><br clear="all"/>