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Jump to full article: WTTG Fox 5 (Washington, DC), 2009-09-29
Author: JOHN HENREHAN/myfoxdc
Intro: The D.C. City Council is considering legislation that would push smokers away from buildings.
Currently, indoor smoking in generally prohibited in the nation's capital. Smokers typically take cigarette breaks outdoors at building entrances. That might be a lot harder if Councilman Phil Mendelson gets his way.
Legislation that Mendelson has proposed would grant authority to building owners to post signs prohibiting smoking on sidewalks within 25 feet of the structure.
"We've been getting complaints about smoke coming into buildings from people who are hanging out front of the buildings, smoking," explained the at-large Democrat.
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