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Services of Mead Data Central, Inc. LEVEL 1- 34 OF 55 STORIES The Associated Press Thursday he was pleased at progress federal workplaces. 117 made At the end of a day-long session by officials from more than a dozen federal agencies, Koop said the presentations "have shown that while implementation has not been trouble-free, a great amount of progress has been made." The implementation he mentioned referred to General Service Administration regulations issued in 1986 that changed the thrust of smoking regulations in federal buildings from allowing smoking except where specifically barred to barring smoking except where specifically allowed. "I am pleased at the d'irection~of these efforts and the progress these federal departments have made," Koop said. "It is obvious to me that smoking policies in federal offices are an idea whose time has come. '"'I urge the state and local government to follow GSA's example and to implement strong smoking guidelines within their own juri~sdictions,° he said. The surgeon general said he plans to send letters to the 50 governors and to mayors of major cities asking them to take action. Dr. Ronald Davis, head of the U.S. Office on Smoking and Health, characterized the GSA regulations as "philosophically very important" because of the shift of emphasis. "However, they allow great latitude as to where agencies can designate a smoking area,"' he said'. "That's where we have to be careful about making sure non-smokers are not exposed to tobacco smoke. "We look on this as an important step, but not necessarily the final step," said Davis. "From our perspective, we would like to see expolsure to tobacco entirely eliminated or reducted to negligible levels. So ultimately we think a N 0 N N ~ ~ ~ W ~ N EXIS ' 111° EXI S' L EX1 S'!VEXI S' The materials in the AP file were compiled by The Associated materials may not be republished without the express written Associated Press. PAGE Press. These consent of The October 15, 1987, Thursday, AM cycle SECTION: Washington Dateline LENGTH: 463 words HEADLINE: Koop Pleased at Progress in Cutting Federal Workplace Smoking BYLINE: By JERRY ESTILL, Associated Press Writer DATELINE: WASHINGTON' KEYWORD: Federal Smoking BODY : Surgeon General C. Everett Koop said toward: eliminating cigarette smoke from

Services of Mead Data Central, Ina PAGE 118 The Associated Press, October 15, 1987 totally smoke-free environmerit has to be our goal." Davis said that he, like Koop, was pleased with the way the new G5A regualtions have worked. "I am impressed that implementation of the regulations appears to have gone so well,"' he said. "I think there is a clear consensus that employees of thes e departments have appreciated the increased protection from exposure to tobacco smoke." A report prepared for the conference by the private, Seattle-baqari smnktnn Policy Institute questioned how well the federal smoking reguiat,nncz a^o working. "Effective smoking control polices are an achievable goal of the government, but this requires a commitment to address the i'ssue," said the report. °Close examination shows that this issue needs more careful consideration. "The GSA regulations do not adequately protect non-smoking employees and t he agencies are not fully in compliance with even this minimum standard," the report sai'd. "Government agencies are responding to the 'letter' of the GSA smoking regulations but not their spirit." im LEXIS' II SEXIS'LEXIS'1V'EXfS'