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Friday, December 4, 2009

Israeli theatre hit with lawsuit for allowing smoking on stage

Tel Aviv - In what is believed to be the first legal action of its kind in the world, Israel's Haifa Theatre may be hit with a class-action lawsuit for allowing an actress to smoke on stage as part of her role. The application to have the suit recognized by the court was filed by lawyer Amos Hausner, chairman of the National Council for the Prevention of Smoking, on behalf of a fellow lawyer, Einav Avrahami.

Avrahami objected to actress Orly Zilberschatz-Bania smoking on stage for about 30 minutes during a production of David Mamet's "The Old Neighborhood."...

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