Clearing the air. Many facilities are voluntarily adopting policies that snuff out secondhand smoke.
Faced with the need to prevent fires and protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke--and, in some cases, to obey state or local anti-smoking laws--a growing number of administrators are restricting the use of cigarettes in their facilities. The trickiest part? Honoring the rights of residents who smoke.
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