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In the NewsSmoking ban back - for real this time
- 1/9/2007 The smoking ban is back, and this time, the city says it means it. After months of confusion - including a 25-day span in which the ban was suspended - Philadelphia will finally begin active enforcement of its no-smoking ordinance this afternoon. The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time: http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/16414221.htm (c) 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved.
Philadelphia health officials resumed enforcement Monday of the city's smoking ban, which prohibits smoking in most public places, after relaxing efforts last month following changes to the ordinance. Under the Clean Indoor Air Worker Protection Law, smoking is banned in all indoor areas accessible to the public, including restaurants, bars, retail stores, office buildings, bingo halls, sports and recreational facilities and public workplaces. Sidewalk cafés are included in the ban. Specialty tobacco shops, tobacco-products-distribution businesses and lodging establishments (up to 25 percent of the sleeping quarters available for rent) are exempt from the ban. Private clubs, drinking establishments with limited food sales and some workplaces covered by pre-existing collective bargaining agreements are eligible to apply for waivers. The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time: http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2007/01/08/daily6.h tml (c) 2007 Philadelphia Business Journal and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved. Click here to view past news articles.
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