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New York's Grand Central Station to Comply with Smoke Ban.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2003

Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 12--It's butts out all over New York City -- even at Grand Central Terminal.

Restaurants and bars in the historic hub -- which smokers had hoped would be a last bastion from the city's new smoking ban -- got the word yesterday that they'll have to comply with the law as of March 30.

Some had thought Grand Central -- as well as Penn Station and airports -- would be exempt from city health regulations because they're owned by the state. But Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman Peter Kalikow snuffed out the possibility.

"MTA customers, employees and employees of retail establishments in our facilities are entitled to enjoy the health benefit of a smoke-free...

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