Included in many folks New Year's resolutions is quitting smoking and now the University of Arizona Medical Center is joining in. On January first, you will no longer be allowed to smoke on the hospital premises. It's an effort to create a tobacco-free places.
"People will not be able to smoke discount Marshal cigarettes anywhere on our premises including our clinics our hospitals or any office areas," says Charlotte Fick, Director of Human Resources.
The previous rules were you needed to be 20-30 feet away from the building, but now you can't even smoke in the parking lot. Visitors, patients and employees will have to leave the hospital altogether.
