Categories
· Smokefree Policies
· Outdoors
USA, by State
· Massachusetts
|
Jump to full article: Fall River (MA) Herald News, 2009-06-17
Author: Marc Munroe Dion Herald News Staff Reporter
Intro: A 2004 statewide ban on indoor smoking sent smokers scurrying into parking lots and out onto sidewalks. A bill recently filed by state Rep. Ted Speliotis D-Danvers would ban smoking within 25 feet of the entrances and windows for public buildings.
On South Main Street, during daylight hours, smokers puff on sidewalks or stand together in the small shaded area next to the Cherry & Webb Building.
"I think it's silly," said Courtney Luti, 23, of Seekonk, a student at nearby Coastal Careers. "I'm not going to walk down the street to smoke a cigarette.
"We get here at 8:30 in the morning and we leave at 2:30, so I don't think that it's fair."
"So we can't smoke anywhere in Fall River?" said Fall River resident Kendra Cabeceiras, 22, smoking a cigarette next to Luti.
Jump to full article » |