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Carol, here is the response I got from our leader at the Franklin/20th Ave. facility.  I hope this helps.

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Margo Jamieson/CO/KAIPERM 08/05/2010 03:32 PM

To Thomas Currigan/CO/KAIPERM@KAIPERM cc Holly C Kortum/CO/KAIPERM@KAIPERM, Barbara Head, Jason.M.Tacha@kp.org Subject Fw: Smoking Ban Around City Hospitals

Hi Tom, In regards to the Nonsmoking on the 20th Ave. Campus and Rock Creek, I would say that it has not been easy to implement and we continue to have struggles with our neighbors due to staff and providers smoking and tossing their cigarette butts into the street, lawns etc....  We all believe this is the right choice but it has caused resources to monitor and do performance management. It is nice to not have to walk through smoke when coming into the building for both patients and staff.  Walking between our building and the hospital you often will need to walk past the smoke.  The biggest complaint we get is about the mess that is left along the sidewalk and curb.

Margo Jamieson, MHS
Senior Operations Director
Medical Specialties
303-861-3415
303-203-6461
margo.jamieson@kp.org
Admin Asst: susan.c.hampton@kp.org