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Anti-smoking code adopted Westchester's Board of Health Thursday adopted a countywide anti-smoking code that has been in the works for more than a year and a half. , `" if Smoking - Clean Indoor Air The act,_which ' becomes effective Nov. 1, bans smoking in all pub- lic places except in designated areas. ~ Restaurants are among the establishments ex- cluded from the code. .6 Specifically, smoking will be banned In retaii stores, public conveyances (airplanes, trains, buses, boats, and taxis), educational facilities, health care facilities, auditoriums, theaters, li- braries, museums, arenas, meeting rooms, rest rooms, elevators and public offices emptoying 10 or more persons. ; ~ • : While the ban prohibits smoking In supermar- kets, grocery stores, delicatessens and all stores where food is sold, it excludes restaurants. Earlier versions of the code banned smoking in all eating establishments, but an economic hard- ship plea from restaurateurs led to the restaurant exemption. Infractions of the code will be heard by hearing officers and will be punishable by fines of up to $2501evied by the board of health. ; ~.% ._ ,. - -BRYNA BRENNAN I ,: