Drew Carey

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Drew Carey is a stand up comedian and host of The Drew Carey Show and Whose Line Is It Anyway?.[1]

In 1998 he participated in a protest, organised by Reason Magazine, against a Californian law banning smoking in bars and restaurants. "About a dozen other protesters also puffed away on cigars and cigarettes [in violation of the smoking ban] in a publicity stunt sponsored by Reason magazine, which was promoting a newly released book on the "anti- smoking crusade," CNN reported.[2] He also wrote an introduction to a collection of Reason Magazine articles.

The non-profit group Advocates for Self-Government lists Carey as a Libertarian. [3]

External links

• "Personnel files, ABC.com, accessed January 2005.
• Advocates for Self Government, "Drew Carey - Libertarian", 1998.
• "Drew Carey leads 'smoke-in' to protest ban", ShowBiz TV, CNN, April 1, 1998.