STATE NEEDS MORE SMOKE-FREE PLACES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, February 14, 1993                   TAG: 9302150287
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: D-2   EDITION: METRO 
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STATE NEEDS MORE SMOKE-FREE PLACES
I HOPE with the latest evidence against secondhand smoke that more public places will consider becoming smoke-free environments.
Required "no smoking" sections in many restaurants and other public-access areas are usually quite small and almost always full. On occasions I have been asked to wait for a table or sit in a smoking area.
Some other aggravations concerning restaurants and public areas have been a lack of enforcement and the location of the no-smoking areas. Recently while having dinner at a small restaurant, a couple asked where the smoking area was. Anywhere was the reply. Also, it seems most of these places locate their no-smoking sections where you are forced to walk through the smoking area to reach your table and sometimes the food itself.
With this new evidence and public opinion, I hope the General Assembly will consider wisely any bills it may see concerning public-smoking limits. ROSIE HARRIS SALEM

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB