['5-4', ' ', 'ETS/IAQ', 'LITIGATION', 'NOT', 'INVOLVING', '.', 'CIGARETTE', 'MANUFACTURERS', 'WORKPLACE', 'EXPOSURE:', 'Workers”', 'COMPENSATION', '[S66]', 'Magaw', 'v.', 'Middletown', 'Board', 'of', 'Education', '(New', 'Jersey', 'Supreme', 'Court)', '(decided', 'November', '5,', '1999)', 'The', 'New', 'Jersey', 'Supreme', 'Court', 'has', 'reportedly', 'refused', 'to', 'hear', 'a', 'school', 'district’s', 'appeal', 'of', 'a', 'workers’', 'compensation', 'award', 'to', 'a', 'teacher', 'who', 'alleged-he', 'developed', 'tonsil', 'cancer', 'from', 'workplace', 'exposure', 'to', 'ETS.', 'In', 'July', '1999,', 'a', 'state', 'appeals', 'court', 'affirmed', 'the', 'award', 'to', 'Donald', 'Magaw,', 'finding', 'there', 'was', '“some', 'related', 'objective', 'medical', 'evidence”', 'of', 'a', 'causal', 'link', 'between', 'ETS', 'exposure', 'and', 'tonsil', 'cancer.', 'Further', 'details', 'about', 'the', 'intermediate', 'appellate', 'court', 'opinion', 'appear', 'in', 'the', 'supplement', 'to', 'issue', '202', 'of', 'this', 'Report,', 'July', '16,', '1999.', 'A', 'summary', 'of', 'the', 'workers’', 'compen-', 'sation', 'division', 'opinion', 'appears', 'in', 'issue', '180', 'of', 'this', 'Report,', 'August', '21,', '1998.', 'Magaw', 'was', 'quoted', 'as', 'saying', 'he', 'does', 'not', 'hold', 'any', 'ill-will', 'against', 'the', 'co-worker', 'who', 'smoked', 'in', 'the', 'unventilated', 'office', 'they', 'shared,', 'asserting', 'instead,', '“The', 'tobacco', 'industry', 'did', 'a', 'great', 'job', 'of', 'hiding', 'everything', 'from', 'the', 'world.', 'If', 'the', 'blame', 'is', 'to', 'be', 'put', 'on', 'anybody,', 'it', 'should', 'be', 'put', 'on', 'the', 'tobacco', 'industry.”', 'The', 'school', "district's", 'lawyer', 'reportedly', 'indicated', 'that', 'the', 'compensation', 'award', 'is', 'being', 'paid,', 'stating,', '"I', "don't", 'think', '[the', 'case]', 'establishes', 'any', 'particular', 'precedent.', 'He', 'had', 'an', 'ideal', 'set', 'of', 'facts.', 'He', 'is', 'a', 'very', 'nice', 'man', 'who', 'I', 'believe', 'was', 'telling', 'the', 'truth:', 'He', 'had', 'no', 'other', '[smoke]', 'exposure."', 'ASH', 'Executive', 'Director', 'John', 'Banzhaf', 'apparently', 'suggested,', 'however,', 'that', '"breakthroughs...', 'in', 'extreme', 'cases', 'like', 'this,”', 'can', 'help', 'lay', 'the', 'groundwork', 'for', 'other', 'rulings', 'by', 'affecting', 'potential', 'jurors', 'who', 'read', 'about', 'them', 'in', 'the', 'press.', 'See', 'The', 'Philadelphia', 'Inquirer', 'and', 'The', '(Newark)', 'Star-Ledger,', 'November', '13,', '1999.', '~', '.', ' ', 'CURRENT', 'REGULATORY', 'DEVELOPMENTS', 'REPORT,', 'ISSUE', '211', 'SUPPLEMENT', 'IN', 'EUROPE', '&', 'AROUND', 'THE', 'WORLD', ' ', 'REGION', '1', '—', 'WESTERN', 'EUROPE', '7', 'LEGISLATION,', 'REGULATIONS', 'AND', 'STANDARDS', 'Scottish', 'Government', 'Abandons', 'Plans', 'for', 'Public', 'Smoking', 'Bans', '[S68]', 'Asserting', 'that', 'universal', 'smoking', 'bans', 'in', 'all', 'public', 'places', 'are', 'not', 'justified,', 'the', 'Scottish', 'Executive', 'has', 'reportedly', 'announced', 'the', 'government’s', 'rejection', 'of', 'calls', 'for', 'such', 'measures,', 'choosing', 'instead', 'to', 'negotiate', 'voluntary', 'codes', '~', 'swith', 'members', 'of', 'the', 'licensed', 'trade', 'industry.', '“Consumer', 'choices', 'will', 'continue', 'to', 'drive', 'the', 'progress', 'that', 'the', 'public', 'wants', 'in', 'provision', 'of', 'smoke-free', 'areas', 'in', 'public', 'places,”', 'a', 'health', 'department', 'official', 'was', 'quoted', 'as', 'saying.', 'According', 'to', 'a', 'press', 'source,', 'the', 'executive', 'intends', 'to', 'draft', 'a', 'Public', 'Places', 'Charter', 'with', 'pub', 'owners,', 'restaurateurs', 'and', 'hoteliers.', 'Under', 'the', 'charter,', 'the', 'licensees', 'will', 'likely', 'be', 'expected', 'to', 'provide', 'written', 'smoking', 'policies', 'and', 'signage,', 'as', 'well', 'as', 'better', 'ventilation', 'and', 'smoke-free', 'areas', 'in', 'their', 'establish-', 'ments.', 'See', 'The', 'Times', 'of', 'London,', 'Scottish', 'Daily', 'Record,', 'November', '12,', '1999.', 'a', ' ', 'REGION', '5', '—-', 'SOUTH', 'PACIFIC', 'LEGISLATION,', 'REGULATIONS', 'AND', 'STANDARDS', '[S69]', 'Fiji', 'Government', 'Passes', 'Tobacco-Control', 'Legislation', 'Tobacco-control', 'legislation', 'approved', 'November', '9,', '1999,', 'in', 'the', 'Republic', 'of', 'Fiji', 'reportedly', 'prohibits', 'smoking', 'in', 'many', 'public', 'places,', 'including', 'workplaces,', 'theaters', 'and', 'on', 'public', 'transport.', 'According', 'to', 'a', 'news', 'source,', 'violators', 'of', 'the', 'smoking', 'ban', 'face', 'fines', 'of', 'FI$500', 'to', 'FI$1,000.', 'Smok-', 'ing', 'in', 'restaurants', 'wil]', 'apparently', 'be', 'limited', 'to', 'designated', 'areas.', 'Effective', 'immediately,', 'the', 'new', 'law', 'also', 'mandates', 'rR', ' ', 'bRSEE9T', 'LOZ', '_health', 'warnings', 'on', 'tobacco', 'packaging,', 'prohibits', 'tobacco', 'sales', 'to', 'minors,', 'and', 'requires', '“tar”', 'and', 'nicotine', 'levels', 'in', 'cigarettes', 'to', 'be', 'less', 'than', '15', 'mg.', 'See', 'World', 'Reporter,', 'November', '9,', '1999.', ' ', 'o™N', 'ad']