Tuesday, December 30 2008
Government workers at federal buildings who want a cigarette break will have to take a stroll before they light up, according to a new federal policy.
A regulation published last week in the Federal Register by the General Services Administration prohibits smoking in the courtyards of federal buildings, or within 25 feet of doorways and air intake ducts. It also bans designated smoking rooms in federal buildings. The policy is to be implemented within six months.
The regulation replaces an executive order signed by President Bill Clinton in 1997 that prohibited smoking in federal buildings, but allowed smoking in designated rooms or outdoor areas. Anti-smoking advocates viewed the exceptions as significant loopholes that exposed co-workers and passers -by to secondhand smoke, and they welcomed the new regulation.
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