City of Boston, Massachusetts
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the north eastern part of
United States. The majority of 6.4 million people live in the Boston metropolitan area. The United States
Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that Massachusetts's gross state product in 2007 was US $351 billion.
The per capita personal income in 2006 was US$47,702, making it the fourth highest in the nation.
Boston is the capital and one of the oldest cities in the United Stated. It is also the largest city in New
England Areas. Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region. The population of
the city is estimated as about 610,000.
Smoking is banned in all enclosed public places and workplaces, including restaurants and bars.
Massachusetts smoking ban: Effective in July, 2004, smoking is banned in all enclosed public places and
workplaces, including restaurants and bars. The law exempted the following categories: Private clubs
when not open to the public, private residences, unless when used as a business for healthcare or
childcare, designated hotel/motel smoking rooms, retail tobacco stores, licensed cigar or hookah bars,
stage performances involving smoking, places where smoking-related scientific research is occurring,
religious ceremonies involving smoking, outdoor areas, designated areas in nursing homes as approved
by the state, and other tobacco-related workplaces such as farms and distributors.
Local governments and boards of health may regulate smoking more strictly than the state. In February,
2009, Boston banned by the Boston Public Health Commission on outside patios of bars and restaurants.
Further, smoking is totally banned in all hotel rooms in the city of Boston.
(L) The headquarters of the Church of Christ in the Back Bay, Boston, are reflecting in the water.
(R) The entrance sign of the Church
(L) The road entrance to the interstate 90 to New York (R) The entrance to the Thomas P.O'Neill Jr. Tunnel
(L) The 60 stories, 241m high John Hancock Tower, downtown, Boston: No photographs are allowed inside.
(R) Business district in front of the South Station, Boston
(L) No smoking in a subway platform
(R) No smoking sign plate in the Back Bay Station, Boston
A penalty; imprisonment for not more than 10 days or fine up to $100 or both
(L) An electric sign bord of 'No smoking, please' at the Porter Station, Red Line
(R) A waiting room in the platform of Braintree Station, Red Line
(L) No smoking sign on the information board at the North Station, Boston (M) A guidance board of the Back Bay station
(R) A Red Line train for Alewife
A Boston subway provides a convenient access to many interesting spots.
Smoking is banned in all hotel rooms in the city of Boston.
Boston has become one of the first major cities in the nation to ban smoking in the privacy of any hotel room.
After January 2009, all rooms in the city of Boston became non-smoking.The Boston Public Health Commission
board announced that the board voted to expand workplace smoking restrictions to include adjacent areas
such as patios and loading docks, and to prohibit smoking in hotels, inns, and bed and breakfasts in Boston.
We used the Hilton Boston Logan Airport and Jurys Boston Hotel when stayed in Boston. Both hotels prohibit
smoking inside and a hotel guest must go out of the hotel to put light on cigarette. Because of a strict smoking
ban, a few men and women are smoking in the shadows of building.
We confirmed that the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel and Westin Copley Place Boston Hotel are smoke-free as well, and there is no
smoking-room or booth inside of a hotel.
(L) A pole-style cigarette receptor at the entrance to Jurys Boston Hotel
(R) No smoking sign board placed at the 2nd floor passage of the Boston Marriott Copley Place.
The smoking restriction is based on the Board of Health Clean Air Works Workplace Smoking Restrictions 2002.
(L) A gift shop of the Boston Marriott Copley Place (R) McDonald's fast food shop at the China Town, Boston
(L) A big ashtray stands on the loading and unloading zone near the entrance to Westin Copley Place Boston.
(R) The exterior of Westin Copley Place Boston
(L) A smoke-free hotel sign board at the reception desk of the Boston Marriott Copley Place
(R) A pole-style cigarette butt-receptor is placed far from the hotel entrance at the Boston Marriott Copley Place.
(L) The 52 stories high Prudential Tower buildings in Back Bay district, Boston ( Left side two buildings ).
The headquarters of a world famous insurance company
(R) No-smoking sign plate on a wall of the food court of Prudential Tower Building
(L) The exterior of the Prudential Center (R) The main entrance of Prudential Center
(L) The concourse of Prudential Tower Building (R) The entrance of Prudential Tower
(L) Boston Public Library (R) Many tobacco butts are abandoned around the roadside tree.
(L) A hall of Museum of Fine Art, Boston (R) Ancient Chinese statures shown in the museum
(L) Boston Museum of Fine Art in light up (R) The museum holds a lot of Japanese art collections
Entirely smoke-free public housing:
The Boston Housing Authority plans to open more than 100 smoke-free public housing units in a rebuilt section
of Old Colony slated for completion in 2012, in keeping with a vow by Mayor, Thomas Menino to have entirely
smoke-free public housing by 2014.
Source: Boston Herald. com January 31, 2010
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A campus map of the MIT ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology )
A bulletin board of the MIT
(L) A unique building seen at MIT, but this is rather unusual and most of the building is normal looking.
(R) A lonely female student in smoking
Harvard University
(L) A campus guide of the Harvard University (R) Harvard University Library
(L) No smoking sign and the station board of the Harvard Station (R) A front view of the Harvard University Library
New England Medical Center
(L) New England Medical Center
Tufts Medical Center is a world-class academic medical center.
(R) The sign board shows that 'To promote health and prevent disease, New England Medical Center does not permit
smoking in buildings or near entrances'.
(L)(R) A few people are smoking in the area somewhat far from the entrance of the New England Medical Center.
(M) No smoking area sign board was placed in the center area of the passage to the hospital entrance.
Massachusetts General Hospital
(L) A front view of the MGH ( Massachusetts General Hospital ) (R) The outpatient entrance of MGH
No photographs are allowed inside.
(L) No-smoking mark above the Mass-General-Hospital Station sign
(R) No smoking sign plate: MGH ( Massachusetts General Hospital ) facilities and ground are smoke-free. Please respect our patients.
A bulletin board placed in the corridor of Masssachusets General Hospital, Boston.
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Smoking Restriction at Hotels in the World: Actual Survey
The ratio of a smoking guest room to the total hotel rooms was calculated,
based on the on-the-spot investigation.
Total Smoking Ban in USA and Canada
BC Canada
USA and CANADA 2007
Arrival to Boston
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This information was provided by the Smokefree Hotel and Travel.
All photographs were taken in October 2007, unless otherwise described.
The article was written in October 2007, and last revised in February 2010,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
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