LIRR to start enforcing smoking ban
Photo credit: Barry Sloan | A smoker exhales while waiting for a LIRR train at the Hicksville Train Station. (Feb. 14, 2012)
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Thomas Bauer of Hempstead says he's been trying to quit smoking for years, and actually welcomes the ban on smoking on Long Island Rail Road platforms and other outdoor waiting areas.
The ban will be enforced by MTA police starting Wednesday morning.
"Anything that helps me quit is good," Bauer, 53, an unemployed technician, said Tuesday at the LIRR station in Mineola. "As you can see,...
