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Old 07-03-2007, 01:32 PM
 
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newsobserver.com | Hospitals go smoke-free (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/625521.html - broken link)
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Old 07-03-2007, 01:43 PM
 
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great news!
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Old 07-03-2007, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Yippppeeee!

I find that most of the areas that I go to (malls, restaurants, movies theaters, Memorial Autotorium, RBC Center) are either smoke free or provide a separate area for smokers.

Now here I am...in Myrtle Beach, SC...and I was SHOCKED to see someone in the condo lobby smoking! There are ashtrays beside the elevators! There was smoking all over the little grill we ate at last night. YUCK! I feel like I've gone back in time!!!

Vicki
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Old 07-03-2007, 03:34 PM
 
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^ Kinda off topic but sounds like the small NC town I grew up in! I remember going to Hardees (years ago) and having folks smoke in line. Is it still legal to smoke in line in NC? I am hoping not. Here in VA they definitely don't and it's something I appreciate. Matter of fact even the mop and pop stores are clear of smoky air.
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Old 07-03-2007, 03:36 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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No smoking in line.

There are actually quite a few smoke free areas.

The restaurants that aren't all smoke free do have a smoke free area. That was passed a few years ago.

Vicki
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Old 07-03-2007, 03:37 PM
 
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^ great to hear. Thanks for the info, Vicki.
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Old 07-03-2007, 04:13 PM
 
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Great news! Hopefully the rest of the hospitals in NC will follow suit (that havent already).
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Old 07-03-2007, 09:56 PM
 
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I was always surprised when I would visit the VA hospital in durham how many people would sit and smoke just outside the entrance..............they finally moved the smoking zone away from the entrance, but you had to go through a huge plume of smoke to enter the place!

annoying to say the least.

then I would always see patients outside with their iv poles smoking!

Leigh
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