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Jump to full article: WXII Ch. 12 (Winston-Salem, NC), 2009-08-19
Author: DAVID NIVENS , HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE
Intro: GUILFORD COUNTY -- Piedmont Triad Airport leaders and county health officials have so far agreed to disagree about which agency has the authority to enforce an airport smoking ban on Sept. 1.
The Guilford County Board of Health approved smoking rules for local government buildings in June, after seeking legal opinions about the airport. Since then, the two agencies have exchanged legal opinions in letters and the airport authority has adopted its own smoking ban. As of Sept. 1, no smoking will be allowed inside airport buildings.
"The county wants to make sure that the airport authority accepts that the health department rules are the authority," Health Director Merle Green told the health board on Monday.
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