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Dorms go smoke free in New York 

Jump to full article: Queens (NY) Courier, 2008-07-17
Author: VICTOR G. MIMONI

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It looks like the only thing college students will be burning in their dorm rooms is the midnight oil, now that Governor David Paterson has signed a smoking ban for all college dormitories and student group residences in New York.

The new ban, which extends an existing prohibition in State University student dormitories and group residences to those of private colleges and universities, was one of 130 bills that Paterson signed into law on Tuesday, July 8.

Student residences of the City University of New York, like all municipal buildings, were already smoke-free under the New York City Health Code.

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