American Samoa Medical Center Authority extends
smoking ban to include parking area
Smokers who want to light up or take a quick drag in or around the LBJ Medical Center compound beginning Nov. 1, 2007 will be asked to put it out or leave the premises.
Officials at the LBJ Medical Center say that the enforcement of the smoke free policy will be carried out in a professional and courteous manner.
When the smoke-free policy was in its beginning stages and announced earlier this year, the LBJ had prohibited smoking inside the hospital and in other areas except certain designated spots. However, beginning Nov. 1, smoking will be banned everywhere on the hospital premises, including any parking area that the LBJ Medical Center has authority over.
Anyone found to be violating this policy will be asked to depart the hospital grounds.
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