OSWEGO COUNTY, N.Y. -- Smoking outside county buildings in Oswego County could get a lot tougher. An Oswego County legislative committee passed a resolution Monday banning smoking within 35 feet of all county buildings.
Currently, smokers are allowed to smoke anywhere outside a building.
The committee hopes this move will cut down on second hand smoke.
Smoking outside county buildings in Oswego County could get a lot tougher. An Oswego County legislative committee passed a resolution Monday banning smoking within 35 feet of all county buildings.
"So anybody coming to the building and secondary smoke bothers them, you know they have to walk through a cloud of smoke. And that stuff they won't have that anymore and that's basically what we're trying to do here. We're trying to do away with smoking period if they can,” said Arthur Ospelt, Oswego County Government Committee Chairman.
The resolution will move on to the full legislature for a vote at its next meeting in May.