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Provision would let home and business owners ban smoking within 25 feet of their walls
Jump to full article: NBCWashington.com, 2009-09-29
Author: MATTHEW STABLEY
Intro: If the lung cancer doesn't kill D.C. smokers, the traffic might.
The D.C. Council is considering allowing residential and commercial property owners to ban smoking within 25 feet from their walls, the Washington Examiner reported. This could extend across city sidewalks, sending smokers into the street to be in compliance.
Yeah, we'd love to see such a provision enforced. We envision fanatical anti-smoking proprietors flailing their limbs at smoking pedestrian passersby and gesturing emphatically at their precious "no smoking anywhere near this building" signs.
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