New York Hospital Grounds Smoke-Free, Residential Facilities to Follow

Hospitals in New York will be required to go smoke-free in less than three months, after a bill banning smoking on hospital and residential healthcare facilities grounds was signed into law by Gov. Thomas Cuomo, according to a report from the Chappaqua-MountKisco Patch.

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Smoking is now prohibited within 15 feet of buildings’ and grounds’ entrances and exits. Smoking may be allowed in certain designated areas at each facilit

The legislation comes after New York City’s 2009 hospital-grounds smoking ban. 

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