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Jump to full article: WINK-TV Channel 5 (Ft. Myers, FL), 2009-11-10
Author: Haley Hinds
Intro: It's a proposal that has some smokers fuming. Lee County Commissioners want Southwest Florida International Airport to consider a ban on smoking outside.
"We are going to do a complete study," Airport PR director Vicki Moreland said. "We'll take to other Florida airports, other airports throughout the nation as to how they handle smoking outside the terminal areas for their passengers and employees."
Moreland says they're looking at the entire issue so they can reach a happy medium for the airport's 4,000 employees and 8 million annual passengers. "We don't want smoke around customers that don't want to have smoking, around children, or people with allergies," Moreland said.
It's a growing trend. Starting November 19th, Lee Memorial Health System will also ban the use of tobacco products, inside or outside.
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