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Jump to full article: Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise, 2009-09-27
Author: LORA HINES The Press-Enterprise
Intro: Two San Bernardino hospitals are among thousands nationwide expected to ban smoking on their grounds this year.
On June 30, Community Hospital of San Bernardino, a 321-bed facility, owned and operated by Catholic Healthcare West, implemented its smoke-free policy after almost a year of preparation, said Kimiko Ford, Community Hospital's mission and support services vice president. Administrators wanted a property-wide smoking ban to be enacted by the end of the 2008-09 budget year, she said.
Two months earlier, Community Hospital's sister hospital, St. Bernardine Medical Center, started its smoke-free policy. Dee Webb, vice president of human resources, said the policy naturally fits with the medical center's role as the provider of Southern California's second-largest heart program.
"All of that just ties together," she said.
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