Stringent Statewide Ban on Smoking Is Approved
From Times Wire Reports
The Legislature passed a statewide smoking ban that was signed in Albany by Gov. George Pataki. It makes New York the third state to stamp out smoking in virtually all businesses.
The legislation, scheduled to take effect in July, ends smoking in most places where it is still allowed.
Sponsors said the measure puts New York alongside California and Delaware as having the most stringent indoor smoking prohibitions in the nation.
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