Several Fall River organizations have adopted policies that no longer permit smoking not only inside their buildings but also on their campuses. The effort has helped to deal with the typical problem that occurred in July 5, 2004, when all Massachusetts workplaces went smoke-free. Too often the new law resulted in smokers gathering near building entrances to smoke, particularly in cold weather, forcing non-smoking employees to go through a cloud of smoke as they entered and exited the building exposing them to significant amounts of second-hand smoke. Rules keeping smokers a certain number of feet from the doors proved to be unenforceable. Smoke-free campus policies, however, remove smokers completely from building entrances, even if it means that smokers go to a pubic sidewalk nearby. On January 1, 2011, the Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) announced it will assist hospitals in going smoke-free inside and out. Over twenty Massachusetts hospitals have already become smoke-free.. As of January 1, 2010, MHA no longer employs smokers. More information about local campus smoking policies can be obtained from Susan Guilmette at Duro Textiles, LLC, Steve Figueiredo at the Corrigan Center, Carol Constantine at BCC, Jim Rattray at Southcoast Hospitals, Anne Ferreira at Saint Anne's Hospital, and Sue Potvin at Family Service Association.
 

(Top row, left and center) Duro Textiles, LLC in the City's South End banned smoking on all of its properties in 2004 when the smoke-free workplace ban first went into effect. (Top row, right) The Corrigan Mental Health Center grounds went smoke-free when the Commonwealth banned smoking on the campuses of all state mental health facilities in December 2009. (Middle row, left and right) Bristol Community College banned smoking on its campus in June, 2010. (Middle and bottom row, center) Charlton Memorial Hospital and all Southcoast Hospitals'  campuses restrict smoking to designated outdoor areas but plans to go completely smoke-free. (Bottom row, left) Saint Anne's Hospital limits on-campus smoking to two designated outdoor areas but plans to go completely smoke-free later this year. (Bottom row, right) The Family Service Association went smoke-free on all of its property last summer.